Dr. Arpad Pusztai – Quote GMOs

“If it is left to me, I would certainly not eat it. We are putting new things into food which have not been eaten before. The effects on the immune system are not easily predictable and I challenge anyone who will say that the effects are predictable. And on the ability of the regulatory system to cope with prospect of the arrival of large numbers of GM crops: Once the floodgate was opened, it’s almost impossible. A committee cannot deal with it.” - Dr. Arpad Pusztai, Professor of the Food, Gut and Microbial Interactions Group, Rowett Research Institute - on the health risks associated with genetically engineered food. After 36 years at the Institute, following his controversial research on GM potatoes, Rowett did not renew his contract.