The relationship between genetically modified food and cancer originated from an article by the Frenchman Séralini in 2012, which was studied by the relevant French departments and the European Union Food Safety Authority for six years, costing more than 10 million euros, and the results showed that genetically modified corn did not cause any negative effects, let alone found to be chronically toxic and carcinogenic. This article was later retracted by an academic journal. In recent years, safety tests and evaluations by the world's authoritative scientific research and evaluation institutions have shown that there are no safety problems in genetically modified products approved for marketing after safety evaluation. Although some research institutions have published ** claiming that genetically modified foods are related to cancer, these ** often lack seriousness and science in the design of experiments, such as not setting up a control group, only selecting very limited test samples, and not considering the verification of condition control and other influencing factors, etc., the test results are difficult to prove their conclusions and are not convincing.
A six-year-long study in the European Union has proven that genetically modified corn has not caused any negative effects.
The results of the French study showed that genetically modified corn did not cause any negative effects.
Serralini** was retracted by the Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology.
*: China Rural Network.