Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Genetically modified foods could cause cell damage and even death

Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2009, 22 (1), pp 97–105

Glyphosate Formulations Induce Apoptosis and Necrosis in Human Umbilical, Embryonic, and Placental Cells
Nora Benachour and Gilles-Eric Sralini*
University of Caen, Laboratory Estrogens and Reproduction, UPRES EA 2608, Institute of Biology, Caen 14032, France

This study can be accessed at: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/tx800218n
 
Roundup is the brand name of a herbicide produced by the Monsanto, and contains the active ingredient glyphosate. It is used on conventionally grown and genetically modified crops.
 
The author identifies that Roundup is toxic and concludes: "The proprietary mixtures available on the market could cause cell damage and even death around residual levels to be expected, especially in food and feed derived from Roundup formulation-treated crops".

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