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Differential Effects of Glyphosate and Roundup on Human Placental Cells and Aromatase
CONCERNING:
Richard S, Moslemi S, Sipahutar H, Benachour N, Seralini GE. 2005.
Differential effects of glyphosate and Roundup on human placental cells
and aromatase. Environ Health Perspect: doi:10.1289/ehp.7728. [Online 25
February 2005]
Pr. Gilles-Eric SERALINI's group in the University of Caen (Normandy, France) just published original results concerning the toxicity of Roundup. It is one of the most used herbicides worldwide and the most used with the genetically modified plants (GMOs). The majority of GMOs commercialized in the world are for food and feed. They have been modified to remain alive after herbicide absorption, this herbicide being spread on the cultures. This greatly facilitates its use, as well as the presence of its residues in the food chain. It is also evoked as a common pollutant in rivers. It is shown in this work that human placental cells are very sensitive to Roundup, to concentrations lower than the agricultural use. This could explain miscarriages and premature births in the United States in farmers. Moreover, below toxic levels, the effects of Roundup are measured on the synthesis of sexual hormones; this allow to classify this herbicide in potential endocrine disruptors. Finally, the effects of Roundup are always greater than those of glyphosate, which is known as its active compound. This work was supported by CRIIGEN ( www.crii-gen. org)
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