CONTROVERSY ON GMO's HEALTH EFFECTS
Written by Frédérique Baudouin   
Thursday, 19 January 2012

A recent article (Snell Chelsea et al., Food and Chem. Tox.) provokes debate in December 2011. It was co-signed by Gérard Pascal who has contributed to allow the authorization of a large number of GMOs in french regulatory authorities. After reviewing - that is what he said - twenty-four long-term or over several generation studies, Gérard Pascal pretends that the latter demonstrate that GMOs in food are safe. Of course, this gentleman obediently produces the results of the manufacturers explaining that all significant effects compared to controls are not a problem as they are included within the "normal biological variation." So what is the point of having controls in an experiment then ? He does not carry out the statistics again, unlike we did. 

The authors qualifie as "long term" tests conducted over a few months on salmon or macaques, over two years on cows that live fifteen years, and that only lasted for a few weeks on chickens or quails, and they did not notice either that all these studies were not requested before the commercialization of the GMOs in question. Our reviews largely consulted by the scientific community (Séralini et al. Env. Sci. Europe, 2011, 23, 10-20, see the link on our website in the welcome page) detailing the contrary are ignored, which is not at all ethical from a scientific point of view. 

Never mind the subjectivity! Worse, the large number of long-term studies by Malatesta and colleagues on mice eating soybeans with Roundup, that we had already identified as highlighting the negative effects of GMOs (in depths liver, pancreatic, testicular cell disorders) are considered as showing nothing to the despair of  the authors in their conclusion! 

They re-judge international publications as they pleas, transform the findings or ignore them for very dubious or misleading reasons like: "the GM soy might not have grown next to a field non-GMO control before being eaten by mice!" When one is concerned by such matters instead of thinking about public health, isn’t there a risk of creating generations of students who will be ashamed of science? A perfect "stage" for contradictory expertise !
Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 January 2012 )
 
CRIIGEN organizes international seminars in 2012 in Barjac
Written by Frédérique Baudouin   
Monday, 12 December 2011

 

Near the Pont du Gard (south of France) in a magical and quiet place, LE MAS DU RIVET and his chef Jérôme Douzelet welcome you in the mythical village of Barjac, the setting of "Nos enfants nous accuseront".

Fine cuisine with natural and organic ingredients, local values of the soil, products and service quality are offered around the management team. Pierre Rabhi, Jean-Paul Jaud, Gilles-Eric Séralini have enjoyed staying here very much.

This is the location where we organize three day long CRIIGEN seminars, for strategic coordination:crucial events to prepare in 2012 for associations and businesses. This will be for groups of 10-20 people for whom we have reserved the facility. Conferences at a very competitive price will close as the registrations come in. Please join us immediately at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

DO NOT MISS: Updating on GMOs and Pesticides - Revelations for strategic national and international actions:first seminar in March 2012 with Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini and Dr Christian Vélot.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 December 2011 )
 
Effects on health of 19 edible GMOs
Written by Frédérique Baudouin   
Thursday, 24 November 2011
For information, Professor Séralini's group is the one that has published the most in international scientific journals on effects of agricultural edible GMOs and associated pesticides on human and mammalian health. More than EFSA, the FDA or others.
Springeropen publishes more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific journals. They indicate that the most viewed (more than 38 000 accesses) in 2011 is the paper "Séralini G-E, Mesnage R, Clair E, Gress S, Spiroux  de Vendômois J, Cellier D (2011) Genetically modified  crops safety assessments: present limits and possible  improvements. Environmental Sciences Europe 23: 10."  far before the second most viewed. See http://www.springeropen.com/mostviewed  
Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 January 2012 )
 
Congratulations to Pr Charles Sultan !
Written by Frédérique Baudouin   
Monday, 10 October 2011
  
Warmest congratulations to Pr Charles Sultan for the Prader Prize
he recently received from the ESPE, 
for lifetime achievement in Pediatric Endocrinology
Last Updated ( Monday, 10 October 2011 )
 
Studies show animals fed on GM diet face organ problems
Written by Frédérique Baudouin   
Friday, 08 July 2011

A new report reviewing 19 studies of mammals fed with commercialized GM soybean and maize (which represent more than 80% of all GMOs grown on a large scale) indicates liver and kidney signs of toxicity in mammals fed on a GM diet. The report by Gilles-Eric Séralini et al is published in Environmental Sciences Europe (2011, 23, 10-20). 

The authors studied data from biotech companies from 90-day-long feeding tests on rats that include biochemical blood and urine parameters of mammals eating GMOs modified for herbicide tolerance and insecticide production. The tests were conducted as a result of court actions or official requests and the authors reviewed the studies in the scientific literature. 

Though the tests may not point to chronic toxicity of GMOs since the 90 day period is too short, the authors nonetheless cautioned that the signs highlighted in the kidneys and livers could spell the onset of chronic diseases: on a total of 9% of disturbed parameters, 43% are concentrated in the kidneys of the male rats. The researchers suggested that more detailed and prolonged studies should be conducted. They underlined that since no minimal length for the tests is yet compulsory for any of the GMOs cultivated on a large scale, it was socially unacceptable in terms of consumer health. 

The authors also suggested an alternative to conventional feeding trials, to understand the biological significance of statistical differences. This approach will make it possible to avoid both false negative and false positive results, in order to improve safety assessments of agricultural GMOs before their commercialization for cultivation for food and feed as well as for imports. This is the most comprehensive review on this topic to date. 

The full paper is available at: http://www.enveurope.com/content/23/1/10
Last Updated ( Friday, 08 July 2011 )
 
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