French study finds tumours in rats fed GM corn
Below is no surprise to me. But may be news to those who think GMOs are not so bad. Fromsheilagh.
Were I ever to get rich and retire to the country (Ha! Not bloody likely!), I would seek to find a place FAR FAR AWAY from farmland which might someday use Roundup.
Just to be sure, I would also use an R-O device on my well water, no matter where I live in the US or any country which permits Roundup..
Were I a believer in Illuminati plots to reduce the global population, Roundup by Thorne Industries Monsanto would be very high on my list of murderous plots.
I feel the entirety of Monsanto leadership and all their research scientists and propaganda people, as well as all people in the FDA, Dept. of Agriculture, and Conress critters who preach safety of GMOs and Roundup need to be imprisoned for life and fed nothing but GMO foods and given Roundup in their water. Then, as they die, images be shown on medical research blogs.
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French study finds tumours in rats fed GM corn
LONDON, Sept 19 | Wed Sep 19, 2012 7:00am EDT
(Reuters) - Rats fed a lifetime diet of Monsanto's genetically modified corn or exposed to its top-selling weedkiller Roundup suffered tumours and multiple organ damage, according to a French study published on Wednesday.
Although the lead researcher's past record as a critic of the industry may make other experts wary of drawing hasty conclusions, the finding will stoke controversy about the safety of GM crops.
In an unusual move, the research group did not allow reporters to seek outside comment on their paper before its publication in the peer-reviewed journal Food and Chemical Toxicology and presentation at a news conference in London.
Gilles-Eric Seralini of the University of Caen and colleagues said rats fed on a diet containing NK603 - a seed variety made tolerant to dousings of Roundup - or given water containing Roundup at levels permitted in the United States died earlier than those on a standard diet.
The animals on the GM diet suffered mammary tumours, as well as severe liver and kidney damage.
The researchers said 50 percent of males and 70 percent of females died prematurely, compared with only 30 percent and 20 percent in the control group.
Seralini was part of a team that flagged previous safety concerns based on a shorter rat study in a scientific paper published in December 2009 but this takes things a step further by tracking the animals throughout their two-year lifespan.
Monsanto said at the time of the earlier research that the French researchers had reached "unsubstantiated conclusions."
Seralini believes his latest lifetime rat tests give a more realistic and authoritative view of risks than the 90-day feeding trials that form the basis of GM crop approvals, since three monthsD
The animals on the GM diet suffered mammary tumours, as well as severe liver and kidney damage.
The researchers said 50 percent of males and 70 percent of females died prematurely, compared with only 30 percent is only the equivalent of early adulthood in rats.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/gmcrops-safety-idUSL5E8KJAGN20120919