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 | | On the radio programme I gave a summary of the actual science (see below) and suggested that she owed a duty to the House to make a statement, setting the record straight and apologising for having inadvertently misled it, as, if I were in her shoes, I would have felt obliged to do. |
 | | The story refers to the so-called Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome (EMS syndrome) associated with some dietary supplements containing the amino acid L-tryptophan, The story as Joan Walley quoted it in the House, and which was faithfully reported in the media, is just one of a number of carefully-fostered myths, which have been peddled for years. |
 | | As far as I can trace it, it was originated from the self-styled Maharishi University of Management, a pseudo-religious organisation ideologically opposed to GM and to any other application of science and technology to food. |
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