Study reveals the presence of circulating pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in women with and without pregnancy

Pesticides associated to genetically modified foods (PAGMF), are engineered to tolerate herbicides such as
glyphosate (GLYP) and gluphosinate (GLUF) or insecticides such as the bacterial toxin bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between maternal and fetal exposure, and to determine exposure levels of GLYP and its metabolite aminomethylphosphoric acid (AMPA), GLUF and its metabolite 3-methylphosphinicopropionic acid (3-MPPA) and Cry1Ab protein (a Bt toxin) in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. Blood of thirty pregnant women (PW) and thirty-nine nonpregnant women (NPW) were studied. Serum GLYP and GLUF were detected in NPW and not detected in PW. Serum 3-MPPA and CryAb1 toxin were detected in PW, their fetuses and NPW.This is the first study to reveal the presence of circulating PAGMF in women with and without pregnancy.

Source:
Aziz Arisa, Samuel Leblanc (2011) Reproductive Toxicology 31:528-533 (attached)