Europe: Food safety authority delays GM study over credibility concerns

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The European Food Safety Authority has stalled a dual study which linked tumours developed by test rats to potential toxicity in one species of genetically modified maize and a herbicide containing glyphosate.

The EFSA criticised he study for selecting tumour-prone test rats, and for failing to obey key international research protocol. The EFSA said its findings were based on details in a paper produced by the test team, French scientist Gilles-Eric Séralini and his team at the University of Caen, France.

View the original article here: Food safety authority delays GM study over credibility concerns – Irish Examiner

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