Study Links Genetically Modified Food With Tumors, Premature Death in Rats

Reader Contribution by England Porter
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Skeptics on the link between Genetically Modified (GM) food and health should read about a new study suggesting that Canadian-grown Genetically Modified (GM) corn and Roundup was toxic to lab rats. The study, performed by The Center for Research and Independent Information on Genetic Engineering (CRIIGEN), was the first of its kind to assess the long-term impacts of GM foods on laboratory rats for their entire two-year life cycle. The results have garnered much attention. 

Researchers observed 200 rats over a two-year (700-day) period, while testing the impacts of both Monsanto’s GM corn (NK603) and Roundup herbicide on the health of rats. Scientists compared the impacts of GM corn, Roundup only, and a combined sample of both Roundup and GM corn, in varying concentrations. When compared with a control group, researchers discovered an increase in the amount of tumors, kidney and liver dysfunction, pituitary disorders, and issues with the digestive tract.

Premature death was perhaps the most alarming result of the study; about 50 percent of treated males died prematurely as compared with 30 percent of males within the control group. Premature death among females was even more drastic, with a 70 percent premature fatality rate among rats treated with GM corn and/or Roundup, as compared to 20 percent in the control group.

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