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(NaturalNews) Eating genetically modified corn (GM corn) and consuming trace levels of Monsanto's Roundup chemical fertilizer caused rats to develop horrifying tumors, widespread organ damage, and premature death. That's the conclusion of a shocking new study that looked at theof consuming Monsanto's genetically modified corn.The study has been deemed "the most thorough research ever published into the health effects of GM food crops and the herbicide Roundup on rats." News of the horrifying findings is spreading like wildfire across the internet, with even the mainstream media seemingly in shock over the photos of rats with multiple grotesque tumors... tumors so large the rats even had difficulty breathing in some cases."Monsanto Roundup weedkiller and GM maize implicated in 'shocking' new cancer study" wrote, a popular UK publication. ( http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/technology... It reported, "Scientists found that rats exposed to even the smallest amounts, developed mammary tumors andas early as four months in males, and seven months for females."Thereported, "Fresh row over GM foods as French study claims rats fed the controversial crops suffered tumors." ( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/artic... It goes on to say: "The animals on the GM diet suffered mammary tumors , as well as severe liver and kidney damage. The researchers said 50 percent of males and, compared with only 30 percent and 20 percent in the control group."The study, led by Gilles-Eric Seralini of the University of Caen, was. You may find yourself thinking it is absolutely astonishing that no such studies were ever conducted before GM corn was approved for widespread use by the USDA and FDA, but such is the power of corporate lobbying and corporate greed.The study was published inand was just presented at a news conference in London.Here are some of the shocking findings from the study:• Up to 50% of males and 70% of females suffered• Rats that drank trace amounts of Roundup (at levels legally allowed in the water supply) had a• Rats fed GM corn and traces of Roundup sufferedincluding liver damage and kidney damage.• The study fed these rats, the Monsanto variety of GM corn that's grown across North America and widely fed to animals and humans. This is the same corn that's in your corn-based breakfast cereal, corn tortillas and corn snack chips.Theis reporting on some of the reaction to the findings:The study is entitled, "A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Health." Read the abstract here:That abstract include this text. Note: "hepatorenal toxicity" means toxic to the liver.Here are some quotes from the researchers:"This research shows an extraordinary number of tumors developing earlier and more aggressively - particularly in female animals. I am shocked by the extreme negative health impacts." - Dr Michael Antoniou, molecular biologist,"We can expect that the consumption of GM maize and the herbicide Roundup, impacts seriously on human health." - Dr Antoniou."This is the first time that a long-term animal feeding trial has examined the impact of feeding GM corn or the herbicide Roundup, or a combination of both and the results are extremely serious. In the male rats , there was liver and kidney disorders, including tumors and even more worryingly, in the female rats, there were mammary tumors at a level which is extremely concerning; up to 80 percent of the female rats had mammary tumors by the end of the trial." - Patrick Holden, Director, Sustainable Food Trust.Share this story. Tweet it, Facebook it, post it.See the "What is a GMO" video by Nutiva:Watch the new video on GMOs by Jeffrey Smith:Watch the Health Ranger's music video:Support Proposition 37: