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综述:丹麦展开转基因对猪健康损害问题研究(一)

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综述:丹麦展开转基因对猪健康损害问题研究(一)

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2012年05月13日16:21  


   作者:[英国] Brian John博士 
        翻译:贾志光(执业兽医师) 校对:沈阳

  【译校者注】 这是我们近二年见到的有关转基因问题新闻报道中,就大豆对猪群健康影响问题最严谨且涉及研究面最广的一篇新闻综述报告。虽然这篇报告的作者写道:
  我们为本文档中由于语言差异问题造成的翻译误差表示歉意。本文不是科学文献,它只是报道了农民彼特森(Pedersen)先生养猪场里的新发现现象过程并阐述其意义,以供大家进一步开展科学探讨参考之用。我们感谢彼特森(Pedersen)和克里斯滕森(Christensen)在采访过程中给我们大量的帮助。
  请读者对本文进行批评和更正,详见全无转基因威尔士(GM-Free Cymru)网站。
  本文在彼特森(Ib Borup Pedersen)先生帮助下,由全无转基因威尔士网站在2012年4月27日所发布。本文允许非商业目的使用,转载请注明出处。


彼特森(Pedersen)先生在自已猪场

  前     言

  2012年4月13日,丹麦一份农业报纸,用大幅版面报道养猪农户彼特森先生有关用转基因大豆饲养的家畜造成养殖经济效益损害的现象,已引发起不小的轰动。
  在当天这份报纸首页头条下方的报道标题是《农民用转基因大豆养猪新发现》。这篇报道中提到了彼特森先生的观点:
  “农药敌敌畏(DDT)和药品"反应停"对人畜健康安全危害,同转基因生物和农药草甘膦的危害问题相比,简直是小儿科!”
  报纸在第2页还发了评论认为:如果当局忽视、甚至嘲笑农民在用转基因大豆养猪过程发现的问题,都是一种极不负责任的行为。该文还感谢丹麦政府委托专业权威机构所做的一项新检测研究的设计流程,用于测定猪的胃部及其他器官病变是否与喂食转基因大豆带来的影响有关。
  这项研究使用了两个对照组,一组100头测试猪饲喂非转基因大豆,另一组用同等数量测试猪饲喂转基因大豆。
  报纸的第6-7页登载了由安. 沃尔夫柏格(Anne Wolfenberg)写的一文,她是一位很了解丹麦养猪业资深记者。这篇文章的草稿提前被外泄,并被译成英文后在各种网站上广为流传。无转基因威尔士网站也将它翻译成英文在转基因观察(GM Watch)网站公布最终译本,大家都认为:作者和报纸会很高兴看到文章能在英语读者群中传阅、引用,而并得到充分肯定。可是,由于我们忽略了草稿中的一两处小错误,而收到了作者对此部分的投诉,我们在最后的印刷版中已予以纠正。我们为此过失表示歉意,并已经从转基因观察(GM Watch)网站中删除文章。同时,也按照作者的意愿,我们还要求使用此文的美国网站立即撤下此文。按安. 沃尔夫柏格要求,本综述不把她的文章作任何介绍。
  经过我们请求,彼特森先生允许我们使用他PPT中的内容、直接引用他的陈述观点和照片。这就是本文第一部分内容。
  本文第二部分,我们研究了一些关键点,这些关键点贯穿在报道整个事件的丹麦农业报纸《 Effektivt Landbrug 》中。我们衷心感谢那些记者与编辑,他们做了整个事件中很有说服力的新闻调查和相关研究,特别是他们将此事公布出来的勇气,尽管此文势必激怒一些人的情绪。我们也很感谢彼特森先生,感谢他为了维护公众利益,把仔细保存的记录公之于众。
  本文第三部分,我们译了丹麦一个新研究项目新闻稿,此项目将研究转基因大豆对30公斤重至达到110公斤重屠宰期止的猪只增重影响。此项研究即将开始,不过,我们仍然担心在28天龄(7公斤重)乳猪至30公斤重断奶期间,由于仔猪的喂养了饲料有可能掩盖了转基因所起作用,从而影响研究报告结果的可信度。
  这份新闻稿的观点是:如果这类试验不被信任或者实验结论将来被证明欺诈的话,任何人都得不到好处。
  全无转基因威尔士网站的布瑞恩约翰(Brian John)博士对此观点表示认可:
  “我们一直关注同转基因有关的十多项问题,并且已知道了一些结果。在不顾一切推广转基因的美国,转基因作物已占美国农业的大部分种植面积。因此,我们怀疑:丹麦记者和报纸正承受来自种植业工会、农业化肥公司等方面的巨大压力。其实他们很蠢,不顾动物福利和人类食品安全的话,种植业工会、农业化肥公司的利益可能会消失,甚至归零。” 布瑞恩约翰博士如是说。
  本文第四部分,是采访另一位丹麦猪场农民的报道,这位丹麦猪场农民经历了用转基因大豆喂饲猪只到用非转基因大豆喂饲猪只的经历,这跟彼特森先生提供的经验非常相似。

       【英文原文】
  Danish Whistleblowers reveal links between GM soy, Roundup and health damage in pig herds

  New revelations have undermined the myth that GM soy and Roundup residues are essentially harmless components in the European animal feed supply chain.

  A farming newspaper (Effektivt Landbrug) has caused a storm of controversy in Denmark by publishing (1) an extended analysis of the connections made by pig farmer Ib Borup Pedersen between GM soy and health problems in his herd of breeding sows. In an interview for the newspaper, Mr Pedersen contended that there was also a link between Roundup herbicide residues and stillbirths and malformations in pig litters. But most interestingly of all, he explained that since switching the feed in his breeding sow house to non-GM soy, health problems and medical costs have declined dramatically, to the point where the extra costs involved in purchasing non-GM soy feed are more than offset by reduced medication costs. The bottom line is that his farming operation is now more profitable than it was under the GM-soy feeding regime.
  It is a long-held belief across most of the livestock farming community in Europe that farmers MUST use GM soy in animal diets in order to operate profitably -- but Mr Pedersen says that that is just not true, and that farmers have simply been reluctant to face up to the real costs of their operations, by failing properly to account for medication costs and even by turning a blind eye to animal deaths and ailments. In an Editorial comment the newspaper urged Danish pig farmers not to close ranks but to open up an honest debate on the animal welfare, health and financial implications of the current dependence upon GM soy and Roundup herbicide.
  Not surprisingly, the publication of the feature and Editorial has caused a storm of protest within Denmark, partly from vested interests including feed suppliers and agrichemical merchants and partly from those who feel that it is somehow disloyal for anybody -- least of all a farming newspaper -- to suggest that there might be something amiss in the Danish pig farming industry, which prides itself on high standards and a pristine "brand image."
  Following the publication of the newspaper article in Denmark, the Welsh group GM-Free Cymru has conducted extended interviews with Mr Ib Borup Pedersen, and also with a second farmer -- Mr Sigurd Christensen -- and has obtained a good deal of previously unpublished information. This is contained in a "Denmark Dossier" which can be accessed via this press release.
  Speaking for GM-Free Cymru, Dr Brian John says: "These revelations come as no surprise to us. For years we have been picking up on information which suggests that GM crops and Roundup herbicide formulations are linked to animal deaths and health problems. This is supported by experimental evidence from independent research teams -- but the GM industry, the European animal feed industry, and the farming community across Europe has been involved in an on-going cover-up which could not possibly be maintained ad infinitum. The EC and the GM regulatory bodies are also implicated in the cover-up, since they have systematically ignored "evidence of harm" brought to their attention over many years.
  "We suspect that in many European countries, the pig farming industry is in a state of denial about the health of the animals fed on GM soy and subjected to Roundup residues in the feed chain and in litter; we wonder, for example, how many dead and malformed animals are simply disposed of, with no vets informed and no records kept?
  "We now demand that the EU reassesses all of the GM soy consents already given, and puts an immediate halt on any assessments in the pipeline. This is not just an animal welfare issue; we are quite convinced that unless GM soy and Roundup are removed entirely from the animal feed chain, the health of the people of Europe will be seriously compromised."(来源 :光明网兽医频道)

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