So they separated 200 rats into ten groups: three that had part of their standard lab-rat diet replaced at varying levels (maximum 33 percent) with Roundup Ready corn that had been treated with ...

As my colleague Jon Entine notes that seriously bad paper claiming that GMO crops gave lab rats cancer by Seralini et al has been withdrawn. In a stunning development, Food and Chemical Toxicology ...

A new scientific study has found that laboratory rats used in health and toxicity studies are routinely given feeds contaminated with herbicides, pesticides and GMOs, writes Pat Thomas, potentially ...

Genetically engineered plants first appeared in the lab about 30 years ago and became a commercial product in 1994. ... claimed that one of Monsanto’s corn GMOs caused tumors in lab rats.

MON863 is a form of maize genetically modified to make it resistant to corn rootworm. It has been authorized by the European Union for use in animal feed since 2005 and for human consumption since ...

Not only did Italy ban GMOs, but they also booted the use of lab-grown meat and food in November 2023, mainly to protect the livelihoods of Italian workers like farmers, but research showed that ...

A huge rat poisoning campaign from 2007 to 2014 rid the Galapagos of most of its pests, but with so much boat traffic there, rodents could make their way to the islands again.

The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra ...

Rats are crucial. They are key in scientific discoveries that benefit humans, and along with mice, they make up for 95 percent of all laboratory studies. But most of these animal research subjects ...