GMWatch publishes historic recordings of scientist Arpad Pusztai

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GMWatch has published a series of interviews with the late scientist Dr Arpad Pusztai, conducted in March 2002 by the journalist Andy Rowell, as part of his research for his book, Don't Worry, It's Safe to Eat. Dr Pusztai carried out the first safety research on a GM food plant. Andy kindly gifted this interview archive of recordings to GMWatch and wishes them to be made public.

The archived page of recordings is here.

In these interviews Dr Pusztai describes the results of his landmark 1999 study that found that GM insecticidal potatoes had toxic effects on rats. He also details the political fallout from his public announcement of these findings in a brief 150-second appearance in an episode of the documentary series World in Action. Pusztai said that based on his findings, he would not eat these potatoes and that it was unfair to use our fellow citizens as guinea pigs by putting unsafe GM foods into the food supply. 

The GM potatoes were engineered to express an insecticidal lectin (type of protein)...