Possible health impacts of Bt toxins and residues from spraying with complementary herbicides in genetically engineered soybeans and risk assessment as performed by the European Food Safety Authority EFSA

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• 作者：Christoph Then ; Andreas Bauer-Panskus
• 关键词：Genetically engineered plants ; Bt toxins ; Herbicide residues ; Health effects ; Risk assessment
• 刊名：Environmental Sciences Europe
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：29
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1000KB
• 刊物主题：Environment, general; Pollution, general; Ecotoxicology;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：2190-4715
• 卷排序：29

文摘

BackgroundMON89788 was the first genetically engineered soybean worldwide to express a Bt toxin. Under the brand name Intacta, Monsanto subsequently engineered a stacked trait soybean using MON89788 and MON87701—this stacked soybean expresses an insecticidal toxin and is, in addition, tolerant to glyphosate. After undergoing risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the stacked event was authorised for import into the EU in June 2012, including for use in food and feed. This review discusses the health risks associated with Bt toxins present in these genetically engineered plants and the residues left from spraying with the complementary herbicide.