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| Rats in Seralini's study, showing tumors. These rats were fed GMO corn (J), GMO corn treated with Roundup (K) or non-GMO corn treated with Roundup (L). |
The scientific journal, « Food and Chemical Toxicology », has decided to retract the paper by Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini that showed that genetically modified corn and Monsanto's herbicide Roundup can cause cancer and premature death in rats. The new associate editor for biotechnologies of this journal, Richard E. Goodman, is a former employee of Monsanto, where he worked from 1997 to 2004. The following article from The New York Times fails to mention this fact.
Paper Tying Rat Cancer to Herbicide Is Retracted
by Andrew Pollack, The New York Times, 28 November 2013
A food safety journal has decided to retract a paper that seemed to show that genetically modified corn and the herbicide Roundup can cause cancer and premature death in rats.
The editor of the journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology, said in a letter to the paper’s main author that the study’s results, while not incorrect or fraudulent, were “inconclusive, and therefore do not reach the threshold of publication.”
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Paper Tying Rat Cancer to Herbicide Is Retracted
by Andrew Pollack, The New York Times, 28 November 2013
A food safety journal has decided to retract a paper that seemed to show that genetically modified corn and the herbicide Roundup can cause cancer and premature death in rats.
The editor of the journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology, said in a letter to the paper’s main author that the study’s results, while not incorrect or fraudulent, were “inconclusive, and therefore do not reach the threshold of publication.”