Latest twists in the Seralini saga

David Tribe&nbsp|&nbsp
Dr. Gilles-Eric Séralini, whose controversial research reporting genetically modified corn causes cancer in mammalian species (published in Food and Chemical Toxicology and ...
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Evaluating competing claims about genetically modified crops

David Zilberman, Geoffrey Barrows, Steven Sexton&nbsp|&nbsp
The arguments for and against GMOs began at the technology's inception, in the 1980s, and have changed little since. But ...

Independent scientists dismember new Seralini pesticide scare study

Kai Kupferschmidt&nbsp|&nbsp
Controversial French biologist Gilles-Eric Séralini's report in BioMed Research International describes how pesticides kill cultured human cells, with the hair-raising conclusion that pesticides may ...
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Hastings Center slam of Seralini retraction faces renewed crticism

Marc Brazeau&nbsp|&nbsp
The notorious Seralini rat study continues to stir impassioned argument, not over whether the study's findings were valid but now ...
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How useful are animal studies for assessing GM foods?

Andrew Bartholomaeus, Wayne Parrott&nbsp|&nbsp
If in doubt feed it to a rat and see what happens. So goes the philosophy of some risk assessment ...
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Ethics debate intensifies over retraction of flawed Séralini GMO rat study

Jon Entine&nbsp|&nbsp
While the mainstream science community has backed the decision by a prominent journal to withdraw and expunge from the records ...

In GMO debate, ‘right to know’ is empty mantra

Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
The right to know is an empty mantra, three words that sound like they are pursuing freedom and information.  However, ...
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Food and Chemical Toxicology editor-in-chief defends retraction of Séralini study

A. Wallace Hayes&nbsp|&nbsp
In response to several allegations of misconduct against the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, the editor-in-chief released a letter explaining ...
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Video: Hofstra GMO debate highlights science v precautionary fears

JoAnna Wendel&nbsp|&nbsp
Scientists and other professionals debate whether regulations on GMOs should be tighter or less restrictive ...

Podcast: Agricultural researcher Cami Ryan discusses Séralini controversy

Cami Ryan&nbsp|&nbsp
Dr. Cami Ryan, researcher with the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan and prominent supporter of ...

View from New Zealand: How the Séralini GMO rat study made suckers of so many people

Katherine Rich&nbsp|&nbsp
When a study by French scientist Gilles-Éric Séralini came out last year allegedly showing that rats that ate genetically modified ...
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French scientist Séralini threatens suit after discredited anti-GMO paper retracted

Jon Entine&nbsp|&nbsp
As GLP executive director Jon Entine reports in Forbes, the GMO wars are set to escalate after the discrediting of ...
Retraction! Prestigious journal pulls botched Séralini GMO rat study

Retraction! Prestigious journal pulls botched Séralini GMO rat study

Ivan Oransky&nbsp|&nbsp
In a stunning development, Food and Chemical Toxicology, which last year published the now notorious GMO rat study by French ...

Facing threatened food security, Kenyan officials recommend lifting ban on GMOs

Gerald Andae&nbsp|&nbsp
Due to low harvests and bans on imported grains from surrounding countries, government officials are urging the Kenyan government to ...
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Michael Pollan as GMO ‘denialist’ dupes credulous New York Times

Jon Entine&nbsp|&nbsp
As one of the world’s most influential journalists, Michael Pollan has the ability to shape public opinion. But by twisting ...
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Reddit takes on Jeremy Seifert’s “GMO OMG” film

Much of the web-based scientific community has not taken well to "GMO OMG" director Jeremy Seifert's recent crusade of self-promotion ...
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Scientists, journalists and farmers join lively GMO forum

JoAnna Wendel&nbsp|&nbsp
The current Boston Review hosts a discussion forum about GMOs, where professionals in agriculture, journalism and academia respond ...
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Are engineered foods evil?—A reply to Scientific American’s David H. Freedman

John Davison&nbsp|&nbsp
A former Research Director of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research in France takes Scientific American to task for ...
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Grist vs. GM Watch: Is there a middle in the GMO debate?

Becca Harrison&nbsp|&nbsp
GM Watch's scathing critique of Nathanael Johnson's efforts to find the middle ground in the GMO debate has not deterred ...

Seralini set for September UK tour to speak about his research

The most detailed scientific study ever conducted on the health effects of a genetically modified (GM) food was published last ...
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Elle’s botched response to previously botched anti-GMO story

Jon Entine&nbsp|&nbsp
Elle has had an opportunity to redress its botched GMO coverage by opening its pages to a genuine discussion of ...

Are anti-science positions part of the Green political strategy?

Graham Strouts&nbsp|&nbsp
The anti-science position of the greens on GMOs, fracking and nuclear power, is itself political tool used to whip up ...
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Call to action: Grist reevaluates crop biotechnology; It’s time the rest of journalism does too

Jon Entine&nbsp|&nbsp
Grist is taking a bold step in reevaluating its anti-GE stance. It's the latest in many milestones for reason and ...

Folta: EU is throwing euros down a rat hole in quest to replicate Seralini study

Kevin Folta&nbsp|&nbsp
The following is an edited excerpt. Last September's lumpy rat study by Seralini et al certainly whipped the wildly uncritical ...
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Roseanne Barr Effect: Should crop biotechnology supporters engage science rejectionists?

Jon Entine&nbsp|&nbsp
Evidence shows that the more informed a person is the more entrenched their views become. What, then, is the best ...
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Being Gilles-Eric Seralini: Inside the mind of the anti-GM movement

Jon Entine&nbsp|&nbsp
Anti-GM activists live trapped in their own heads; All they can see and hear are their own slogans and conspiracy ...
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The Great Biotech Debate is Tuesday

The GLP's Jon Entine will be participating in The Great Biotechnology Debate at the CATO Institute tomorrow, alongside plant geneticists ...
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