According to Friends of the Earth a peer reviewed paper of US scientists shows that only flawed testing and regulation permitted insecticide-producing GM maize MON810 of Monsanto onto world markets despite evidence that it could cause food allergies. The EU Commission recently allowed 17 Mon810 varieties for planting within the entire EU.</p><p><a href="http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2004/GR_16_Nov_scientific_papers.htm">FOE: GM crop safety tests "flawed", new scientific paper showsEU Approval of Monsanto`s GM Corn Questioned</a>