[ShareTompkins] New: The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science

[A Wilson]

Dear Friends and Colleagues

Published today (May 20th, 2013) in Independent Science News and  
simultaneously at Earth Open Source:
The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science
by Claire Robinson and Jonathan Latham, PhD

http://independentsciencenews.org/science-media/the-goodman-affair-monsanto-targets-the-heart-of-science/
and at Earth Open Source:
http://bit.ly/189Ff88

Synopsis: A scientific paper published in late 2012 reported that a  
genetically modified corn and the herbicide Roundup, both Monsanto  
products, caused organ damage and increased rates of tumors and  
premature death in rats (Seralini et al. 2012). The paper, published  
in the leading academic journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, caused  
an international storm of bad publicity for Monsanto and genetically  
modified organisms (GMOs). Three months later, a former Monsanto  
researcher with close ties to the biotech industry joined the senior  
editorial staff of Food and Chemical Toxicology. The position, newly  
created for him, is "Associate Editor for biotechnology". Apparently  
agribusiness is calculating that by controlling the academic peer  
review process, it can choke off the flow of negative publicity at the  
source.

Séralini, G-E. et al. (2012) Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide  
and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize. Food Chem. Toxicol.  
50: 4221–4231.

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Allison Wilson


Allison Wilson, PhD
Science Director
The Bioscience Resource Project

phone: 1 (607) 319 0279
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