The Natural Law Party. All rights reserved. Toxicology and safety testing Tests for known toxins and animal toxicity tests have proven inadequate to identify potential harmful side effects of GE foods. To protect public health, full spectrum toxicity testing should be required as with pharmaceuticals.
Hazards can also arise because of toxic byproducts of novel enzymatic function.
Toxicological assessment techniques used by food manufacturers are inadequate to detect all of these hazards. Current tests include 90 day toxicity tests using rodents. This form of testing is inadequate to assess the effect of novel foods on human health. Dr Parke warns that current testing procedures of genetically altered foods are not proving safety for humans. He has suggested a moratorium on the release of germ line genetically engineered organisms.