“Roundup residues present in one genetically modified corn are much higher than those found to cause toxicity in human embryonic cells and endocrine disruption,” says Gilles-Eric Seralini, one of the study’s researchers.
This is weed killer. This is a new thing in the world.
In any event, color me skeptical about the claim of glyphosate residue in the kernels. Glyphosate is applied very early in the growth cycle, maybe two months before formation of the ear. Most likely, somebody decided what they wanted the results of this "test" to be and then applied enough herbicide directly to the ear to achieve that result.
“This is weed killer. This is a new thing in the world.”
Well no it isn’t new at all. Roundup is Monsanto’s weed killer and the generic form has been used around the would for years. What Monsanto did was make their seeds resistant to Roundup so farmers don’t need to use as much and get bigger yields.
GM seeds are all about productivity. I’m sure if they looked they’d find the same herbicides and pesticides in non-GM plants and maybe more of them.
GM is a good thing for feeding the world in varying climates too. Rice has been modified to grow in normally inhospitable regions, for example.
This is another example the Luddite attitude of the Green leftists. Reduce food and you reduce population. It’s people the greenies really don’t like.
I was going to say "Well, just dont feed any to embryonic cells." But that would miss the opportunity to say that the above is a buncha hooey.
Considering the threshold of data needed to alarm most readers "buncha hooey" should suffice.