{"id":19414,"date":"2013-12-03T14:30:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T14:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=313984"},"modified":"2013-12-03T14:30:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T14:30:53","slug":"journal-retracts-gmo-study-after-hiring-former-monsanto-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/journal-retracts-gmo-study-after-hiring-former-monsanto-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal Retracts GMO Study After Hiring Former Monsanto Employee"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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A scientific journal that published a study in 2012 linking cancer with Monsanto’s genetically modified<\/a> corn has now retracted it, months after hiring a former Monsanto employee to fill a new editorial position reviewing biotechnology papers.<\/p>\n

The study<\/a>, by Gilles-Eric Seralini and others, reviewed the toxicological effects of Monsanto’s NK603 and its associated Round-Up pesticide and was published in Food and Chemical Toxicology<\/em>. The journal said it retracted the study because the its small sample size and choice of rat used in the research meant no definitive conclusions could be reached.<\/p>\n[caption id=\"attachment_313992\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"500\"]\"Photo<\/a> Photo credit: Shutterstock<\/a>[\/caption]\n

Seralini’s study was aimed at creating a chronic toxicity study under the same conditions that Monsanto used to assert the genetically modified corn’s safety. The study found “severe toxic effects (including liver congestions, necrosis and kidney nephropathies), increased tumor rates and higher mortality in rats fed Monsanto’s genetically modified NK603 maize and\/or the associated herbicide Roundup.” <\/p>\n

Last February, the journal hired a former Monsanto employee, Richard E. Goodman, for a new position reviewing biotechnology papers, reports GreenMedInfo<\/a>. On Nov. 19, Food and Chemical Toxicology<\/em> reported its decision to retract the published paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Writing for CRIIGEN, the independent lab with which Seralini is affiliated, Frédérique Baudouin noted<\/a> that a short Monsanto study, which was published in the same journal to prove the safety of its product, “was conducted with the same strain and number of rats.” Séralini has said he will sue.<\/p>\n

“In science, repeating someone else’s study is common practice. Retracting a published paper is not,” food writer Marion Nestle wrote in her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 Guidelines for retracting journal articles<\/a> published by the Committee on Publication Ethics<\/a> (COPE) say journal editors should consider retracting a publication if:<\/p>\n