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GMOs - The AFBV convicted of defamation against G.-E. Séralini

source: http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12715

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This is a great victory for independent science as well as a vindication of the work of Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini. Seralini has worked tirelessly to expose the health hazards of Monsanto's GM maize varieties and of Roundup - and the inadequacies of the EU regulatory system for GMOs and pesticides.

For more about the court case, see
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GMOs - The AFBV convicted of defamation against G.-E. Séralini
by Christopher HAZEL, January 2011

On Tuesday 18 January, the Paris court handed down its deliberations in the trial that pitted Gilles-Eric Séralini, a researcher in molecular biology at the University of Caen and Chairman of the Scientific Council CRIIGEN [1], against the French Association for Plant Biotechnology (AFBV), chaired by Marc Fellous. The court sentenced the AFBV to a fine on probation of 1000 euros, one euro in damages (which had been requested by the plaintiff) and 4000 euros in court costs.

Corinne Lepage, President of CRIIGEN, contacted by telephone by Inf'OGM, was delighted with this victory, especially as she admits she was not optimistic after leaving the hearing which was held November 23, 2011. "People can no longer say anything they like about whistleblowers [with impunity]," said she. And she adds: "For the first time a whistleblower is not on the defensive but on the offensive."

G.-E. Séralini had attacked the association and its president in court, holding that they had defamed his research that called into question the safety of several transgenic maize varieties of Monsanto [2]. Indeed, on several occasions AFBV had sought to discredit the work of GE Séralini.

1: http://www.criigen.org/

2: http://www.infogm.org/spip.php?article4605
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7 comments // GMOs - The AFBV convicted of defamation against G.-E. Séralini

  • queenofit
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      queenofit  

    • Reading through all of this and listening to video sure helps galvanize what many of us who follow the GMO already know/thought. Here is one paragraph that caught my attention....

      "A representative of CRIIGEN, a French research institute, explained how the Bt-maize cultivation in France has not led to a reduction of pesticide use; nor has it led to higher production. "It's hallucinating that the impacts of GM maize on human health have only been tested by feeding 80 rats during 90-day studies with this GM maize", the CRIIGEN representative said. On top of that, these studies have been carried out by Monsanto, not by independent scientists. Even so, the interpretation of Monsanto’s research results by CRIIGEN, was different from Monsanto's own conclusions.""

      I am not that smart,yet, this is not hard to understand, unfortunately, our own govt agencies seems locked into not only forcing GMO on the US population, but in past times according to wikileaks, using mafia tactics to twist other countries arms when they don't play along. Criminal.

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
  • queenofit
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      queenofit  
    • JanforGore:

      I love it when jewels such as this are brought into light. I was listening to the video, which was really informative, and he said it would take about 3 million dollars to test one seed? I think I got that right, that is crazy? No wonder it is so hard to get scientific proof to use to stand up against Monsanto, especially in the US, where Monsanto bullies everyone and controls the govt agencies. I think that Alfalfa is about to be presented again for approval, there is no end to this. I know the momentum is growing to stop Monsanto, but somehow, they (monsanto) keeps raising their ugly head.

    • 1 year ago
  • queenofit
  • JanforGore
  • JanforGore
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Another blow to Monsanto's jackbooted intimidation tactics. I have no doubt of their involvement in this. What are they afraid of? The truth.

    • 1 year ago
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