12917: RE: 12907: GM maize for Haiti? (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: "Walton, Robert" <waltonr@emh1.ftmeade.army.mil>

I cannot say whether or not transgenic maize has been sent to Haiti as food
aid.  However, the concerns surfaced in regard to the use of transgenic
corn/maize are not related to eating it but rather to growing it. It is a
safe and nutritious food. (Claims that growing transgenic maize might harm
the growth of traditional varieties of maize or have other unfavorable and
irreversible environmental impact have not been substantiated.  See
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE3/Corn-Found-Mexico.htm .

Bob