"A study by the UKs York Nutritonal Laboratories, Europe's leading
specialist on food sensitivity, revealedd a 50 percent increase in soy
allegies in 1998, a period in which the percentage of genetically engineered
beans in the total soy crop jumped dramatically.  For the first time in 17
years of testing, soy ranked among the top 10 allergenic foods.  Soybeans
naturally contain at least 16 proteins that can cause allergic reactions,
and one was found in almost 30 percent higher concentrations in Monsanto's
transgenic soybeans.  Rats eating those soybeans experienced retarded
growth, and cows shoed altered levels of fat in their milk."

Source quoted: Sierra club magazine, July/August 2001, page 45, under the
column "A Nation of Lab Rats" by Barbara Keeler

Rachel Matesz