GM soybeans—revisiting a controversial format

Journal or Publishing Institution: Nature Biotechnology

Study: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v25/n12/full/nbt1207-1355c.html

Author(s): Heinemann, J.A., and Traavik, T.

Article Type: Journal Publication

Abstract:

To the editor:

We write specifically about the process Nature Biotechnology underwent before publishing the September Feature on the work of Irina Ermakova. We are not writing at this time to debate the science discussed either by Ermakova or Bruce Chassy, Val Giddings, Alan McHughen and Vivian Moses. Instead, we are of the opinion that Ermakova should have been given a venue to present her data in full so that proper assessment could be made by the community. This would have avoided the obvious qualifiers made by the commentators because they did not have enough information at times. This kind of qualifier is annoying when normally it could have been raised during the peer-review process and corrected by the time the article went to print.

Keywords: Roundup Ready soy, GTS 40-3-2, Glyphosate tolerant soya, Wistar rats, Rodent, GM soybean, Genetically modified soybeans, Feeding, rat, rodents, offspring, GMO, genetically engineered, transgenic

Citation:

Heinemann, J.A., and Traavik, T., 2007. GM soybeans—revisiting a controversial format. Nature Biotechnology, 25(12): 1355-1356.

Category:

Health effects

Record ID: 949

Heinemann, J.A., and Traavik, T., 2007. GM soybeans—revisiting a controversial format. Nature Biotechnology, 25(12): 1355-1356.