Plurality of opinion, scientific discourse and pseudoscience: an in depth analysis of the Séralini et al. study claiming that Roundup™ Ready corn or the herbicide Roundup™ cause cancer in rats

Arjó Pont, Gemma; Portero Otín, Manuel; Piñol Felis, Carme; Viñas Salas, Joan; Matias-Guiu, Xavier; Capell Capell, Teresa; Bartholomaeus, Andrew; Parrot, Wayne; Christou, Paul

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2013

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Arjó Pont, Gemma

Portero Otín, Manuel

Piñol Felis, Carme

Viñas Salas, Joan

Matias-Guiu, Xavier

Capell Capell, Teresa

Bartholomaeus, Andrew

Parrot, Wayne

Christou, Paul

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Arjó Pont, Gemma; Portero Otín, Manuel; Piñol Felis, Carme; Viñas Salas, Joan; Matias-Guiu, Xavier; Capell Capell, Teresa; ... Christou, Paul. (2013) . Plurality of opinion, scientific discourse and pseudoscience: an in depth analysis of the Séralini et al. study claiming that Roundup™ Ready corn or the herbicide Roundup™ cause cancer in rats. Transgenic Research, 2013, vol. 22, p. 255-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-013-9692-9.

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A recent paper published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology presents the results of a long-term toxicity study related to a widely-used commercial herbicide (RoundupTM) and a Rounduptolerant genetically modified variety of maize, concluding that both the herbicide and the maize varieties are toxic. Here we discuss the many errors and inaccuracies in the published article resulting in highly misleading conclusions, whose publication in the scientific literature and in the wider media has caused damage to the credibility of science and researchers in the field. We and many others have criticized the study, and in particular the manner in which the experiments were planned, implemented, analyzed, interpreted and communicated. The study appeared to sweep aside all known benchmarks of scientific good practice and, more importantly, to ignore the minimal standards of scientific and ethical conduct in particular concerning the humane treatment of experimental animals.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/56826

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-013-9692-9

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Transgenic Research, 2013, vol. 22, p. 255-267

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