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Séralini’s rat-feeding trial (part 4)
Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini is a French scientist researching pesticides and GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered, GE) crops. A research paper from his team was published in 2012, retracted (withdrawn) in 2013 and republished in 2014. Here it is. This is … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer
Tagged academia, America, biotechnology, cancer, corn, Europe, food safety, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, herbicide resistance, lab animal, law, maize, maize NK603, mammal, Monsanto, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, rat, research, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, Séralini_Gilles-Eric, tumour, vertebrate
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Soya to grow with 2,4-D
Crops genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered) to resist Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup (glyphosate) aren’t the only GM crops designed to be grown with weedkiller. GRAIN tells us about a new such crop. It’s a soya (soybean, Glycine max) designed to be … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 4-D, Africa, America, ammonium, Asia, auxin, biotechnology, brain, cancer, commodity crop, corn, cotton, crop variety, Dow, evolution, feed, food, Frontline, genetic modification, glufosinate, glyphosate, herbicide, herbicide resistance, history, hormone, human, kidney, liver, maize, milk, Monsanto, muscle, neurotoxin, patent, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, poison, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, soya, soya DAS-44406-6, superweed, tree, vegetation, war, weed, woman
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Monsanto’s “Roundup” Herbicide is Destroying Our Bodies
Originally posted on Illuminate:
Photo by http://greenupgrader.com ? From CredoAction.com: In case you weren’t sure yet if the massive use of the herbicide glyphosate – also known as Monsanto’s Roundup – was cause for concern, here’s the sobering takeaway from…
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Tagged Altzheimer's disease, America, antibiotic, autism, biotechnology, cancer, chelator, child, coeliac disease, diabetes, disease, Europe, food safety, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, hormone, human, law, liver, milk, Monsanto, obesity, Parkinson's disease, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, research, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, soya, staple food, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, wheat, woman
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Weedkiller as a pathway to human disease
The world’s best-selling weedkiller is called Roundup. It’s supposed to be harmless to people but now there’s evidence that it can induce several human diseases. Roundup (aka glyphosate) is in the news because some of the most popular genetically modified … Continue reading
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Tagged Altzheimer's disease, autism, biotechnology, cancer, crop, crop variety, depression, diabetes, disease, gastrointestinal disease, genetic modification, glyphosate, heart disease, herbicide, herbicide resistance, human, infertility, Monsanto, nutrition, obesity, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, research, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, seed, weed
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Genetically modified salmon
Three months ago I wrote about genetically modified (GM) livestock. Two days ago I asked whether GM is a good way forward. Now here’s a new GM story. My fellow blogger narhvalur tells us of GM salmon. Narhvalur calls this … Continue reading
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Tagged allergy, aquaculture, biotechnology, cancer, corn, DNA, feed, finfish, food safety, genetic modification, grain, lab animal, livestock, maize, mammal, plant_monocot, rat, research, rodent, salmon, Séralini_Gilles-Eric, sea, tumour, vertebrate
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