After the September 2012 article “Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize” by Seralini et al, suggesting that rats developed cancer after being fed with genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize, PRRI and farmer organisations state that this research is so fundamentally flawed that the conclusions have no basis. Moreover, letting this particular strain of rats live so long that they develop huge tumours, is unethical. Find more information on the case here.