The test was developed in response to new regulations in Europe that require listing of all genetically engineered ingredients in restaurant foods. There is little hard evidence of any impact of such foods on a person's health, although one researcher reports an impact of genetically modified potatoes on the immune system of rats. New Scientist, March 24, 1999. Dr. Arpad Pusztai of the Rowett Research Institute in Scotland. Veterans Hospital Research Suspended More than 1,000 research studies at the United States' largest veterans' hospital 5 were suspended in March by the federal government.
Regulators say that the hospital ignored five years of warnings about their research practices.
Violations were related largely to patient protection procedures such as informed consent matters, having a non-medical person sit on the review board to represent the patients' interests, and procedures to guarantee that problems posing a risk to patients are reported promptly to the review board. The hospital and its clinics serve an area with more than one million veterans. West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center. Associated Press, March 24, 1999. Natural Vitamin E A U.S. research information service 7 recently reported that, at least in the case of vitamin E, natural sources are superior to synthetic.