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Roundup more toxic than officially declared - new study
This article was originally published by GMWatch.org via CRIIGEN on February 21, 2013.


The most widely used herbicide in the world contains compounds more toxic than
declared - new research shows Caen, France. In a new research(1) published in the highly ranked scientific journal
Toxicology, Robin Mesnage, Benoit Bernay and Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini,
from the University of Caen, France, have proven (from a study of nine
Roundup-like herbicides) that the most toxic compound is not glyphosate, which
is the substance the most assessed by regulatory authorities, but a compound
that is not always listed on the label, called POE-15. Modern methods were
applied at the cellular level (on three human cell lines), and mass spectrometry
(studies on the nature of molecules). This allowed the researchers to identify
and analyse the effects of these compounds. Context: Glyphosate is supposed to be the "active ingredient" of Roundup, the
most widely used herbicide in the world, and it is present in a large group of
Roundup-like herbicides. It has been safety tested on mammals for the purposes
of regulatory risk assessment. But the commercial formulations of these
pesticides as they are sold and used contain added ingredients (adjuvants).
These are often classified confidential and described as "inerts". However, they
help to stabilize the chemical compound glyphosate and help it to penetrate
plants, in the manner of corrosive detergents. The formulated herbicides
(including Roundup) can affect all living cells, especially human cells. This
danger is overlooked because glyphosate and Roundup are treated as the same by
industry and regulators in long-term studies. The supposed non-toxicity of
glyphosate serves as a basis for the commercial release of Roundup. The health
and environmental agencies and pesticide companies assess the long-term
effects on mammals of glyphosate alone, and not the full formulation. The
details of this regulatory assessment are jealously kept confidential by
companies like Monsanto and health and environmental agencies. Conclusion and consequences: This study demonstrates that all the
glyphosate-based herbicides tested are more toxic than glyphosate alone, and
explains why. Thus their regulatory assessments and the maximum residue levels
authorized in the environment, food, and feed, are erroneous. A drink (such as
tap water contaminated by Roundup residues) or a food made with a Roundup
tolerant GMO (like a transgenic soya or corn) were already demonstrated as toxic
in the recent rat feeding study (2) from Prof. Séralini team.	The researchers
have also published responses to critics of the study (3).  This new research
explains and confirms the scientific results of the rat feeding study. Overall, it is a great matter of concern for public health. First, all
authorizations of Roundup-type herbicides have to be questioned urgently.
Second, the regulatory assessment rules have to be fully revised. They should be
analyzed in a transparent and contradictory manner by the scientific community.
Agencies that give opinions to government authorities, in common with the
pesticide companies generally conclude safety. The agencies’ opinions are wrong
because they are made on the basis of lax assessments and much of the industry
data is kept confidential, meaning that a full and transparent assessment cannot
be carried out. These assessments are therefore neither neutral nor independent.
They should as a first step make public on the Internet all the data that
underpin the commercial release and positive opinions on the use of Roundup and
similar products. The industry toxicological data must be legally made public. Adjuvants of the POE-15 family (polyethoxylated tallowamine) have now been
revealed as actively toxic to human cells, and must be regulated as such. The
complete formulations must be tested in long-term toxicity studies and the
results taken into account in regulatory assessments. The regulatory
authorisation process for pesticides released into the environment and sold in
stores must urgently be revised. Moreover, since the toxic confidential
adjuvants are in general use in pesticide formulations, we fear according to
these discoveries that the toxicity of all pesticides has been very
significantly underestimated. This study was conducted in the University of Caen with the structural support
of CRIIGEN in the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental
Responsibility (ENSSER www.ensser.org <http://www.ensser.org> ). Contact: criigen at unicaen.fr; phone +33 (0)231565684 (France). www.criigen.org <http://www.criigen.org>
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Notes:
(1) Mesnage R., Bernay B., Seralini G-E. (2013, in press). Ethoxylated adjuvants
of glyphosate-based herbicides are active principles of human cell toxicity.
Toxicology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2012.09.006 (2)  Seralini G. E., et al. (2012). Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide
and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize. Food and Chemical Toxicology
50 (11): 4221-4231.
(3)  Seralini G. E., et al. (2013). Answers to critics: Why there is a long term
toxicity due to NK603 Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize and to a
Roundup herbicide. Food and Chemical Toxicology


 
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