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Tag Archives: maize
Séralini’s rat-feeding trial (part 5)
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 A research paper from his team was published in 2012, retracted (withdrawn) in 2013 and republished in 2014.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
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Tagged academia, America, biotechnology, corn, crop variety, Europe, food safety, genetic modification, glyphosate, grain, herbicide, herbicide resistance, knowledge, lab animal, maize, maize NK603, mammal, Monsanto, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, rat, research, rodent, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, Séralini_Gilles-Eric, tumour, vertebrate
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New Séralini study shows Roundup damages sperm
Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini is a French scientist researching pesticides and GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered, GE) crops. He’s published a new study in which rats (Rattus norvegicus) were exposed to the world’s most popular weedkiller, Roundup (active ingredient glyphosate) for … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, horticulture, human health, knowledge transfer
Tagged academia, America, biotechnology, corn, Europe, farmer, food safety, gardener, genetic modification, glyphosate, grain, grocery, herbicide, herbicide resistance, human, lab animal, maize, maize NK603, mammal, man, Monsanto, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, poison, rat, research, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, Séralini_Gilles-Eric, vertebrate
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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 A research paper from his team was published in 2012, retracted (withdrawn) in 2013 and republished in 2014.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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Séralini’s rat-feeding trial (part 3)
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, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, biotechnology, corn, Dow, DuPont, Europe, food safety, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, herbicide resistance, lab animal, law, maize, maize NK603, mammal, Monsanto, Paterson_Owen, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, politics, rat, research, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, Séralini_Gilles-Eric, tumour, vertebrate
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Owen Paterson wants Roundup Ready crops in England
Helen Wallace at GeneWatch UK tells us that a committee within our UK Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA, headed by Owen Paterson), hopes to see Roundup Ready crops on English farms. Those are genetically modified (GM, genetically … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food
Tagged biotechnology, corn, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, development, Europe, feed, food loss, food security, fruit, genetic modification, glyphosate, grain, grocery, herbicide, herbicide resistance, law, livestock, local food, maize, maize GA21, maize NK603, Paterson_Owen, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, precision farming, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, soya, supermarket, sustainable, technology, trade, vegetable, weather, yield
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Séralini’s rat-feeding trial (part 2)
Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini is a French scientist researching pesticides and GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) crops. A research paper from his team was published in 2012, retracted (withdrawn) in 2013 and republished in 2014. Here it is. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer
Tagged adjuvant, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, America, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, biotechnology, corn, Europe, food safety, gene gun, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, herbicide resistance, lab animal, law, maize, maize NK603, mammal, Monsanto, mouse, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, poison, rat, research, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, Séralini_Gilles-Eric, tumour, vertebrate
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Séralini’s rat-feeding trial (part 1)
Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini is a French scientist researching pesticides and GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) crops. A research paper from his team was published in 2012, retracted (withdrawn) in 2013 and republished in 2014. Here it is. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer
Tagged Agrobacterium tumefaciens, America, biotechnology, corn, Europe, gene gun, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, herbicide resistance, lab animal, law, maize, maize NK603, Monsanto, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, research, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, Séralini_Gilles-Eric, vertebrate
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The Séralini affair: weedkiller and a GM crop
Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini is famous or notorious depending on your point of view. He’s a French scientist researching pesticides and GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) crops. For a few months by now, I’ve been gestating a blog post about the … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer
Tagged academia, biotechnology, corn, Europe, food safety, genetic modification, glyphosate, grain, herbicide, herbicide resistance, knowledge, lab animal, maize, maize NK603, mammal, Monsanto, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, rat, research, rodent, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, Séralini_Gilles-Eric, tumour, vertebrate
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Paper claiming GM link with tumours republished
argylesock says… At last! I’ve been working on a blog post about the ‘Séralini affair’ but hampered by not being able to read the original paper. Now we can read it.
Posted in food, knowledge transfer
Tagged biotechnology, corn, food safety, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, herbicide resistance, knowledge, lab animal, 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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