01-21-2014, 04:22 AM
Regarding the link provided by Wao Nahele Kane http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehhe/Cry9cReport/summary.htm, he neglected to note the sentences prior to his quote:
quote:When the Starlink corn was found in 2000 in the human consumption food supply, there were complaints by some that they had an allergic reaction to it so the CDC was asked to study them to see whether their reactions could be linked to the corn. Cry9c is the Bt gene that produces the Cry9c protein. The difficulties alluded to in Wao's quote may be that the FDA had to develop its own assay method, "enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay" (ELISA), find pre-GMO samples for comparison and ship samples between the CDC and FDA for analysis.
The ELISA [assay] method found that none of the CDC-submitted samples reacted in a manner consistent with an allergic response to the Cry9c protein.
These findings do not provide any evidence that the reactions that the affected people experienced were associated with hypersensitivity to the Cry9c protein.