MON 863: Difference between revisions

In 2004 Monsanto sought approval in Europe to introduce MON 863, which led to controversy over acceptance by regulatory bodies of industry-funded toxicity studies and over the design of those studies. Pr Gilles Eric Séralini, who was on the committee that reviewed MON863 for the French government,<ref>[http://www.criigen.org/SiteEn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57&Itemid=105 Seralini bio on CRIIGEN]</ref> was a major figure in those controversies and continues to be a critic of toxicity study design.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.fct.2012.08.005 |title=Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize |year=2012 |last1=Séralini |first1=Gilles-Eric |last2=Clair |first2=Emilie |last3=Mesnage |first3=Robin |last4=Gress |first4=Steeve |last5=Defarge |first5=Nicolas |last6=Malatesta |first6=Manuela |last7=Hennequin |first7=Didier |last8=De Vendômois |first8=Joël Spiroux |journal=Food and Chemical Toxicology |volume=50 |issue=11 |pages=4221}}</ref><ref>{{citeEFSA, doi4 |October 2012. [http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/121004.htm Press release with summary of findings]. Full review: EFSA (2012) [http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/2910.pdf Review of the Séralini ''et al''. (2012) publication on a 2-year rodent feeding study with glyphosate formulations and GM maize NK603 as published online on 19 September 2012 in Food and Chemical Toxicology] EFSA Journal 2012;10(10):2910 doi=10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2910}}</ref>