toxicology – A Plant Out of Place

Study linking glyphosate to autism (in mice) actually supports the safety of glyphosate

May 24, 2020May 25, 2020 - by Andrew Kniss

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has both glyphosate and autism in the title, and so it is sure to re-ignite a firestorm around the world’s most widely used herbicide. The abstract of the article states that the authors “found ASD-like behavioral abnormalities in juvenile offspring after maternal exposure to high levels of formulated glyphosate.” [emphasis mine] One notable bit of information that is not in the title or the abstract is the …

GMO / Imported from Control Freaks / Research

Why I think the Seralini GM feeding trial is bogus

September 19, 2012February 15, 2018 - by Andrew Kniss

UPDATE: If you’re looking for information on the ‘republished’ version of this manuscript, a full statistical analysis of the released data can be found here. If you’re following the news about the French GM maize feeding trial, you’ve probably heard: (A) we need to pull GMO crops off the market immediately; or (B) that the study is flawed and is basically meaningless. I guess I find myself leaning toward the second group on this one. Here is why I think the …