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Republished study: long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerantgenetically modified maize

Overview of attention for article published in Environmental Sciences Europe, June 2014
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Title
Republished study: long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerantgenetically modified maize
Published in
Environmental Sciences Europe, June 2014
DOI 10.1186/s12302-014-0014-5
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Gilles-Eric Séralini, Emilie Clair, Robin Mesnage, Steeve Gress, Nicolas Defarge, Manuela Malatesta, Didier Hennequin, Joël Spiroux de Vendômois

Abstract

The health effects of a Roundup-tolerant NK603 genetically modified (GM) maize (from 11% in the diet), cultivated with or without Roundup application and Roundup alone (from 0.1 ppb of the full pesticide containing glyphosate and adjuvants) in drinking water, were evaluated for 2 years in rats. This study constitutes a follow-up investigation of a 90-day feeding study conducted by Monsanto in order to obtain commercial release of this GMO, employing the same rat strain and analyzing biochemical parameters on the same number of animals per group as our investigation. Our research represents the first chronic study on these substances, in which all observations including tumors are reported chronologically. Thus, it was not designed as a carcinogenicity study. We report the major findings with 34 organs observed and 56 parameters analyzed at 11 time points for most organs. Biochemical analyses confirmed very significant chronic kidney deficiencies, for all treatments and both sexes; 76% of the altered parameters were kidney-related. In treated males, liver congestions and necrosis were 2.5 to 5.5 times higher. Marked and severe nephropathies were also generally 1.3 to 2.3 times greater. In females, all treatment groups showed a two- to threefold increase in mortality, and deaths were earlier. This difference was also evident in three male groups fed with GM maize. All results were hormone- and sex-dependent, and the pathological profiles were comparable. Females developed large mammary tumors more frequently and before controls; the pituitary was the second most disabled organ; the sex hormonal balance was modified by consumption of GM maize and Roundup treatments. Males presented up to four times more large palpable tumors starting 600 days earlier than in the control group, in which only one tumor was noted. These results may be explained by not only the non-linear endocrine-disrupting effects of Roundup but also by the overexpression of the EPSPS transgene or other mutational effects in the GM maize and their metabolic consequences. Our findings imply that long-term (2 year) feeding trials need to be conducted to thoroughly evaluate the safety of GM foods and pesticides in their full commercial formulations.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 8 1%
France 4 <1%
Germany 3 <1%
Argentina 3 <1%
Italy 2 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Belgium 2 <1%
Mexico 2 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
Other 13 2%
Unknown 710 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 142 19%
Student > Master 126 17%
Researcher 114 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 83 11%
Other 40 5%
Other 134 18%
Unknown 112 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 253 34%
Medicine and Dentistry 67 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 63 8%
Environmental Science 59 8%
Chemistry 25 3%
Other 147 20%
Unknown 137 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2390. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 August 2023.
All research outputs
#3,170
of 24,500,598 outputs
Outputs from Environmental Sciences Europe
#2
of 543 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12
of 233,073 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Environmental Sciences Europe
#2
of 7 outputs
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