The world’s largest safety inquiry into GM crops and linked pesticides has been announced. The $25million - £15.6m - project will involve feeding trials with 6,000 rats at laboratories in Western Europe and Russia. The research, which is being run under the banner of Factor GMO, involves a collaboration between European, American and Russian scientists. It is being organised by the Russian National Association for Genetic Safety, which describes itself as a non-governmental, non-profit organisation, and will be overseen by a board of neutral scientists. The largest safety inquiry into GM crops and linked pesticides is to held, using 6,000 rats to test the products
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The £15.6m project will involve using 6,000 rats to test safety of GM crops
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Scientists from Europe, America and Russia will work on Factor GMO
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It has been called the largest inquiry into GM crops and linked pesticides
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Project will involve tests on five generations of rats over two or three years
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Experts hope it will give an answer about how safe GM crops are to eat
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Previous studies found increased risk of cancer in rats undergoing tests
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