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2025-02-09 14:13:52 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING
The 2012 Séralini study claiming that genetically modified corn and Roundup herbicide caused tumors in rats was formally retracted due to serious methodological flaws: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2013.14268 https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/10/french-gm-corn-study-not-scientifically-valid/ Flawed Methodology: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/10/french-gm-corn-study-not-scientifically-valid/ https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.15463 https://www.voanews.com/a/scientists-question-gmo-cancer-study/1527517.html Statistical Problems: https://www.aei.org/articles/zombie-retracted-seralini-gmo-maize-rat-study-republished-to-hostile-scientist-reactions/ Many scientists smell a rat in French GMO rat study: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/food/many-scientists-smell-rat-french-gmo-rat-study
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- The 2012 Séralini study claiming that genetically modified corn and Roundup herbicide caused tumors in rats was formally retracted due to serious methodological flaws: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2013.14268 https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/10/french-gm-corn-study-not-scientifically-valid/ Flawed Methodology: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/10/french-gm-corn-study-not-scientifically-valid/ https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.15463 https://www.voanews.com/a/scientists-question-gmo-cancer-study/1527517.html Statistical Problems: https://www.aei.org/articles/zombie-retracted-seralini-gmo-maize-rat-study-republished-to-hostile-scientist-reactions/ Many scientists smell a rat in French GMO rat study: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/food/many-scientists-smell-rat-french-gmo-rat-study