They then fed some rats on GM corn, fed others Roundup itself in the water and a small number were fed on non GM corn and fresh water.

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Walk by the Latter-day Saints church on the Upper East Side of New York, and you will see only images of Jesus and scenes from the Gospels, even if the Mormon Jesus looks more corn-fed and burly than the gaunt, ascetic one in the Protestant church around the corner.

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We actually seem to see that the male rats fed more GM corn and more Roundup do better than those fed less.

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Their claim is that the rats fed GM corn and Roundup got more such tumours earlier than the control group.

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Meanwhile, to keep the corn-growers well fed, the government has been levying a tariff of 54 cents a gallon on imported ethanol.

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Also in Germany, there are aerobic digesters which are fed by maize (corn) rather than waste and so the same argument would arise over growing crops for fuel or for food as applies to biodiesel production and must ring an eventual death-knell for both biodiesel and biogas, if the latter is made from food too.

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Since corn is not a natural part of a cow's diet, cattle fed on it may experience stress and other ailments, so they are routinely treated with antibiotics.

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