Study Linking Monsanto Corn to Cancer Must Be Taken Seriously by Regulators

Trial suggesting a GM maize strain causes cancer has attracted a torrent of abuse, but it cannot be swept under the carpet

last week, Seralini brought the whole scientific and corporate establishment crashing down on his head. In a peer-reviewed US journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology, he reported the results of a €3.2m study. Fed a diet of Monsanto's Roundup-tolerant GM maize NK603 for two years, or exposed to Roundup over the same period, rats developed higher levels of cancers and died earlier than controls. Séralini suggested that the results could be explained by the ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 29, 2012

Vidal gives some depth the to story of the study that showed cancer dangers from GMO corn and RoundUp. It is particularly timely for the ballot issue in California.

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