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PubMed2002

Bon appétit.

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Consumer Product Safety↗
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Protein immunoassay methods for detection of biotech crops: applications, limitations, and practical considerations.

Immunoassay methods are available for detection and quantitation of proteins expressed by most biotechnology-derived crops in commercial production. The 2 most common test formats are enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunochromatographic (lateral flow) strip tests. Two ELISA methods, one for Roundup Ready soybeans and one for MON810 CrylAb corn, were the subject of large international collaborative studies and were demonstrated to quantitatively determine the concentrations of biotech crops in samples of ground grain. Quantitative ELISA methods are also useful for analysis of processed fractions of agricultural commodities such as soybean toasted meal or corn flour. Both strip tests and ELISAs for biotech crops are currently being used on a large scale in the United States to manage the sale and distribution of grain. In these applications, tests are used to determine if the concentration of biotech grain is above or below specified threshold limits. Using existing U.S. Department of Agriculture sampling techniques, the reliability of the threshold determination is expressed in terms of statistical confidence rather than analytical precision. Combining the use of protein immunoassays with Identity Preservation systems provides an effective means of characterizing the raw and processed agricultural inputs to the food production system in a way that allows food producers to comply with labeling laws.

Crops, Agricultural↗
PubMed2002

[Hygienic aspects of food safety in Russia: tasks and ways to accomplish them].

The article gives an account of the hygienic aspects of food safety of Russia, the questions of chemical and microbiological contamination of food products, vitamin and microelement deficiency in the diet of the population of this country. It outlines the ways of elimination of defects of the Russian population's diet.

Avitaminosis↗
PubMed2001

The ethics of biotechnology.

Ethical considerations pertaining to biotechnology have progressively been introduced into European community law, especially with regard to research, the environment, patents, animal welfare and medicine. This article addresses the ethics of biotechnology at the European Union (EU) level. It provides insight into the European Group of Ethics and describes how European ethical values concerning science and technology are defined by law and intimately connected to Europe's cultural and political identity. In addition, this article highlights the critical need for an independent and permanent international body to spearhead discussion and collaboration so that views between the different cultures of the world can be exchanged, and, to assure access to experts whose legitimacy and accountability are universally recognized.

Advisory Committees↗
PubMed2002

[GMOs in food: risk assessment and management; scientific and regulatory characteristics].

Genetic transformation constitutes a new tool for improvement of microorganisms, animals and plants used in food. Foreseeable risks are evoked, as well as management measures to avoid GMO unsuspected risks. Few risks are specific to GMOs. Present elements of french and european regulations concerning placing on the market and follow up GMOs and other novel foods are described.

Animals↗
PubMed2003

Genetically engineered corn rootworm resistance: potential for reduction of human health effects from pesticides.

OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: Insecticide use, grower preferences regarding genetically engineered (GE) corn resistant to corn rootworm (CRW), and the health effects of using various CRW insecticides (organophosphates, pyrethroids, fipronil and carbamates) are reviewed for current and future farm practices. RESULTS: Pest damage to corn has been reduced only one-third by insecticide applications. Health costs from insecticide use appear significant, but costs attributable to CRW control are not quantifiable from available data. Methods reducing health-related costs of insecticide-based CRW control should be evaluated. As a first step, organophosphate insecticide use has been reduced as they have high acute toxicity and risk of long-term neurological consequences. A second step is to use agents which more specifically target the CRW. CONCLUSION: Whereas current insecticides may be poisonous to many species of insects, birds, mammals and humans, a protein derived from Bacillus thurigiensis and produced in plants via genetic modification can target the specific insect of CRW (Coleoptra), sparing other insect and non-insect species from injury.

Animals↗
PubMed2003

Environmental factors associated with asthma.

Asthma, a disease of attacks and remission, continues to account for substantial morbidity and direct economic costs. Numerous studies--epidemiologic, toxicologic and clinical--present evidence for a broad spectrum of environmental risk factors associated with asthma. This review summarizes current thinking on a subset of these factors. Knowledge of potential environmental determinants of asthma is important to both the patient and healthcare professional in the application of multiple modalities of medical and environmental intervention for management of the development, and exacerbation of this chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways.

Air Pollutants↗