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Anti-GM corn study reconsidered: Séralini finally responds to torrent of criticism
We are now two months into L’affaire Séralini—the publication of a maize rodent study by French scientist Gilles-Eric Séralini and seven co-authors, which has been vigorously dissected by the media and scientists on all sides of the genetically modified organism (GMO) debate.
The study concluded, controversially, that rats fed corn genetically modified for herbicide resistance (NK603), with or without the herbicide, Monsanto’s Roundup, developed grotesque tumors—findings that contradict known studies, dozens of them, published to date.
The immediate and consistently acidic reaction by most scientists was compounded by the ire of mainstream science reporters miffed at the Séralini team for not providing journalists with an advanced copy of the study, publishing an anti-GM book on the same day that the study was released and for promoting similar studies in the past that purported to ‘prove’ the dangers of GM foods that were later discredited as scientifically weak…
Anti-GM corn study reconsidered: Séralini finally responds to torrent of criticism | Genetic Literacy Project:
“When those with a vested interest attempt to sow unreasonable doubt around inconvenient results, or when governments exploit political opportunities by picking and choosing from scientific evidence, they jeopardize public confidence in scientific methods and institutions, and also put their own citizenry at risk,” the letter concluded. The polemic concluded that both the peer review process and the public debate are “rigged in favour of [corporations and] backed up by systematic suppression of independent scientists working in the public interest.”
2012-11-26 16:22:40
Source: http://gmopundit.blogspot.com/2012/11/anti-gm-corn-study-reconsidered.html
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