Dr Seralini found harm when rats are fed
Monsanto's GM corn. His findings were peer reviewed and published.
Monsanto threatened to sue. So the journal retracted the
study.
Just like the attempts to silence Dr Arpad
Pusztai, Dr Ignacio Chapela, Dr Irina Ermakova, Dr Andres
Carrasco, Dr Tyrone Hayes, Dr Alex Lu...
Laurel Hopwood, Chair, Sierra Club Genetic Engineering Action Team
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http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2013/14627-monsanto-threatens-to-sue-efsa-over-publication-of-gm-maize-data
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Monsanto has threatened to sue the European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA) over its publication of the data on Monsanto's
NK603 GM maize.
Claire Robinson, research director at Earth
Open Source, said: "Monsanto's threat to EFSA clearly shows that
the company is an enemy to the public. Any reputable company would be
proud of its products and open about the science that underpins their
development."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/29/health/paper-tying-rat-cancer-to-herbicide-is-retracted.html?_r=0
Paper Tying Rat Cancer to Herbicide Is Retracted
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Food and Chemical Toxicology (FTC) retracted a paper that
seemed to show that GM corn and the herbicide Roundup can cause cancer
and premature death in rats.
Dr Gilles-Eric Séralini's study followed 200 rats for
two years, essentially their entire lives. They were divided into 10
groups, each with 10 males and 10 females. Some groups were fed
different amounts of a Monsanto corn genetically engineered to resist
the herbicide Roundup, also known as glyphosate. Some of the corn had
been sprayed in the field with Roundup and some not. The rats that ate
either the corn or the glyphosate tended to have more tumors and die
earlier than the 20 rats in the control group, which were fed
non-engineered corn and plain water.
The study passed the peer review process of the journal,
which is considered one of the leading publications in toxicology.
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nutrition/Seralini-stands-firm-as-journal-moves-to-retract-GM-rat-study
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The researcher behind a heavily criticized study linking
Monsanto's GM maize and Roundup products to cancer in rats says he
will not willingly withdraw the research, after the journal issued a
'withdraw or be retracted' ultimatum yesterday.
Professor Seralini suggested that regulators are too
easily influenced by industry - saying regulatory science
resembles "a prostitute with industry."
The FTC journal's own investigation found "no
evidence of fraud or intentional misrepresentation of the
data."
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