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Seralini and his "studies" are highly discredited. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Séralini_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Séralini_affair The study you r

Seralini and his "studies" are highly discredited. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Séralini_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Séralini_affair The study you refer to, "rats fed with GMO food had developed tumors that were as big as their original size" used Sprague-Dawley rats, typically chosen in lab studies because the breed is known to quickly develop massive tumors regardless of other factors. The results in this study were not statistically significant, and were drawn from a sample size way too small, on a type of animal that is known to develop tumors on its own. Furthermore, the numbers in the study actually showed that male rats who consumed glyphosate in their drinking water (because simultaneously testing multiple variables on groups of like 5 rats makes sense, right?) actually lived longer than those which did not, and all rats in the study grew massive tumors, even the control group. If you're going to base an opinion on "science", please make sure you actually read the study and have enough knowledge to determine whether it's bullshit or not. Thanks, Someone who actually is "pro science"

alixaxel 10y ago
It's still a scientific study, or an attempt at it at least. The way to go, is not to dismiss it because it was retracted under dubious circumstances but rather to have several third parties replicate the study correcting the flaws that were found in the original one. If you are curious why I said dubious circumstances, read https://www.rt.com/op-edge/monsanto-gmo-studies-reports-588/ https://www.rt.com/op-edge/monsanto-gmo-studies-reports-588/.
- DominoTree 10y ago
  Russia Today is a dubious source itself. https://www.rt.com/usa/alien-bird-deaths-cia-un/ https://www.rt.com/usa/alien-bird-deaths-cia-un/ Here's an article they published about aliens and the CIA causing the deaths of migratory birds by spraying "chemtrails". The fact of the matter is that GMOs contain the same genetic material we already consume on a daily basis. We understand how it impacts our bodies (it pretty much doesn't) and there is no distinction between genetic material from a GM organism versus a conventional organism. It's chemically and functionally identical (derived from the exact same nucleotide bases and the genes already exist elsewhere with the same function), and has the same impact on your body. This is something that we've studied for a very long time, and understand fairly well.

alixaxel 10y ago

It's still a scientific study, or an attempt at it at least. The way to go, is not to dismiss it because it was retracted under dubious circumstances but rather to have several third parties replicate the study correcting the flaws that were found in the original one. If you are curious why I said dubious circumstances, read https://www.rt.com/op-edge/monsanto-gmo-studies-reports-588/ https://www.rt.com/op-edge/monsanto-gmo-studies-reports-588/.

DominoTree 10y ago
Russia Today is a dubious source itself. https://www.rt.com/usa/alien-bird-deaths-cia-un/ https://www.rt.com/usa/alien-bird-deaths-cia-un/ Here's an article they published about aliens and the CIA causing the deaths of migratory birds by spraying "chemtrails". The fact of the matter is that GMOs contain the same genetic material we already consume on a daily basis. We understand how it impacts our bodies (it pretty much doesn't) and there is no distinction between genetic material from a GM organism versus a conventional organism. It's chemically and functionally identical (derived from the exact same nucleotide bases and the genes already exist elsewhere with the same function), and has the same impact on your body. This is something that we've studied for a very long time, and understand fairly well.