Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - vol. 67 n° 9 -
"In September 2012 Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini, a researcher at the University of Caen in France, published his team's findings that a Monsanto genetically-modified (GM) maize and Roundup herbicide caused increased rates of organ damage, tumours and mortality in rats fed over a 2-year period.1 The study was significant because it followed the rats over a long-term period, with the first tumours only appearing after 4–7?months. In contrast, the safety studies carried out by GM seed companies in support of EU authorisations typically last for a maximum of 90?days.2–4 In other words, these studies are incapable of seeing long-term effects such as those found in Séralini's study."
"In September 2012 Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini, a researcher at the University of Caen in France, published his team's findings that a Monsanto genetically-modified (GM) maize and Roundup herbicide caused increased rates of organ damage, tumours and mortality in rats fed over a 2-year period.1 The study was significant because it followed the rats over a long-term period, with the first tumours only appearing after 4–7?months. In contrast, ...
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