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1. Most criticisms of Séralini’s study wrongly assume it was a badly designed cancer study. It wasn’t. It was a chro...
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Séralini designed his 2012 study as a direct followup of a previous study on the same NK603 maize conducted by Monsanto to support its application for regulatory authorization. Monsanto’s study was a 90-day rat feeding trial on NK603. Monsanto published the result...
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Séralini’s 2012 study[1] tested the long-term effects of Monsanto’s GM NK603 maize, which is engineered to survive being sprayed with Roundup herbicide, and Roundup. The study used 200 rats divided into ten groups, each of ten males and ten females. The GM maize al...
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Séralini’s study shows that the current regulatory system for GMOs is inadequate. Long-term tests must be required on all GMOs before they can be commercialized. This conclusion is shared even by organizations that have criticized Séralini’s study, such as the ...
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The study examined the long-term effects of exposure to NK603 GM maize and Roundup, individually and combined, on the health of rats over two years, around two-thirds of their entire lifetime. ¹ The study was carried out using two hu...
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Séralini’s study met with a storm of criticism from scientists, some science journalists, and government agencies, which were rushed out beginning only two hours after it was released.¹ Howev...
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Some government agencies were quick to condemn Séralini’s study. But they are not disinterested parties, since they have been responsible for authorizations of GM NK603 maize and Roundup. For example, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the French food safety ...
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Gilles-Eric Séralini is a professor of molecular biology at the University of Caen, France. He has written over 100 scientific articles and conference papers for international specialist symposiums. He was appointed to two French government commissions on GMOs: the ...
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