Aside from the controversies routinely surrounding genetically modified (GMO) foods, the biotech industry's other elephant in the room may just be a mouse in a cage, according to new data released by the UK's Home Office division. While the report shows a decline in tests involving monkeys, experiments involving other test animals, particularly mice, are actually at 30-year high, reports the BBC.

It was only a matter of time before Monsanto and the biotech industry at risk of being forced to label genetically modified ingredients pushed back against The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. They're targeting Californians where it hurts most: their wallets and the state's poor communities.
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Challenging the claims by the biotech industry that genetically modified foods are safe for human health and the environment, a new report presents evidence to the contrary and stirs up controversy, as its authors are genetic engineers themselves.