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In reply to the discussion: Total Ban On GM Corn in France Follows Popular Opposition [View all]Texano78704
(309 posts)Last months study out of France that said genetically modified corn and a related herbicide caused organ damage, tumors, and early death among rats broke too many rules and should be dismissed as of insufficient scientific quality, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says.
When it was published in Food and Chemical Toxicology in September, the study led by Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini seemed like it might be a game-changer because it questioned the safety of Roundup Ready corn, or NK 603, manufactured for use in both the U.S. and Europe by biotech giant Monsanto.
EFSA had previously found maize NK603 is as safe as conventional maize. And now in a major push-back against the study out of the University of Caen, EFSA says there are just too many shortcomings to consider the work to be scientifically sound.
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/10/french-gm-corn-study-not-scientifically-valid/#.U2g6GfldUab