Elsevier journal editor Richard E Goodman did work for Monsanto and threw out Seralini GMO rat tumour paper. So, what?
GMO scientists had their corporate logo’d panties in a twist after the publication of a study linking Monsanto’s GMO corn to high incidence of tumours and morbidity in rats. The journal Food and Chemical Technology withdrew the study recently. Their reason was that the Sprague Dawley breed of rats was wrong, as they already suffered susceptible to high tumour rates.
Anti-GMO people have cited the recent hire of ex-Monsanto man Richard E Goodman as assistant editor as the reason for the withdrawal. The Elsevier company which owns the journal is notorious for monopolistic behavior in the research publications market. Their page on Richard Goodman does not list anything about his Monsanto past. (http://www.elsevier.com/journals/food-and-chemical-toxicology/0278-6915/editorial-boardrichard-goodman)
Mr. Goodman works at University of Nebraska. Their page also does not make any mention of his Monsanto years.
Richard E Goodman did work at Monsanto.
Google results for the Sprague Dawley rats show research papers going back to the 1960 showing that they do suffer from tumours. I did find one paper that showed that the Sprague Dawley rats were from a Monsanto laboratory.
Sprague Dawley rats used in this study came from Monsanto.
The Sprague Dawley breed is, like many other lab rats, the result of inbreeding. Everyone knows that inbreeding results in offspring with genetic defects. But, that is what our great scientists will use. Scientists prefer them for the rate at which they multiply their numbers. If some drug or food additive causes cancer, then the results can be easily attributed to problems with the bread. That’s the corporate scientific method. If the Sprague Dawley rats are susceptible to tumours, then the solution is to repeat the study with another another breed of rat, which is not going to thrown out by the likes of Goodman. That’s the honest scientific method.
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