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From: TimF	10/3/2012 12:07:01 AM
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...Some critics pointed out that the new findings contradicted other studies. One review of long-term studies, published earlier this year, concluded that those studies did not present evidence of health hazards. Dr. Chassy said that people and livestock had been eating genetically modified grains for years without evidence of the high death rates and tumors in the study. “Curious that no increase in tumor incidence has been reported in animals eating large amounts of such grains,” he said. David Spiegelhalter, a professor at the University of Cambridge specializing in the public perception of risk, said the numbers of animals in each group was too low to draw firm conclusions. Another red flag for some scientists was that higher doses of the crop or the herbicide did not cause more harm than lower doses, which would have been expected if the crop or the chemical were truly harmful. Dr. Séralini’s work has been questioned before. A review of one of his studies by European authorities concluded that his statistical methods “led to misleading results” and that his study had not raised new issues about the safety of the crop. Monsanto, in a statement, said it would review the study, but that other studies had confirmed the safety of its crops. nytimes.com;

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