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Re:Study: GM corn causes organ failure in mice by pyre on Friday January 21, 2011 @12:24AM (#2126543)
Either because it was debunked or because corn farmers have a large lobby/subsidies/etc. Take your pick, though the first theory is probably easier to prove that the second one.
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Re:Study: GM corn causes organ failure in mice by luu on Friday January 21, 2011 @12:37AM (#2126566)
You can see studies which cite that study (which would include debunkings) by doing a google scholar search: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=3661119272352849363&...

One of the those studies has this to say about the study linked by the OP: "Weaknesses in the statistical methods used for reanalysis (see Doull et al. . .) " [1].

That paper also has a nice summary of other studies on GM foods.

[1] G. Flachowsky and C. Wenk, The role of animal feeding trials for the nutritionaland safety assessment of feeds from genetically modified plants – Present stage and future challenges, Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, 19, 2010, 149–170

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Re:Study: GM corn causes organ failure in mice by 16s on Friday January 21, 2011 @06:23AM (#2127092)
Corn farmers have children and eat corn too.
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