Laboratory rodent diets contain toxic levels of environmental contaminants: Implications for regulatory tests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Mesnage, Robin ^a,b,c   Defarge, Nicolas ^a,b   Rocque, Louis Marie ^b   De Vendômois, Joël Spiroux ^b   Séralini, Gilles Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CRIIGEN   (France)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; GLYCINE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; LIVER TOXICITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; TOXICITY TESTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RODENTIA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84940062440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128429     Document Type: Article

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