How dubious research critical of GMOs and glyphosate gets published

Jeffrey Beall | January 13, 2015

I’ve added the journal Interdisciplinary Toxicology (interTOX) to my list. The journal is associated with the Slovak Toxicology Society (SETOX). In my opinion the journal is not aimed at communicating science but instead aims to promote a political agenda, namely that most manufactured chemicals cause harm to humans.  The journal was brought to my attention recently because of a 2013 article it published co-authored by MIT’s anti-Roundup crusader Stephanie Seneff. The article was “Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases II: Celiac sprue and gluten intolerance,” and it appeared in volume 6, number 4 of the journal in 2013.

An excellent blog post about Seneff and her questionable research appeared in the ScienceBlogs blog Respectful Insolence on December 31. People with science/political agendas are increasingly using journals like Interdisciplinary Toxicology to disseminate their work, work that quality journals will not publish.

Read full, original article: Anti-Roundup (Glyphosate) Researchers Use Easy OA Journals to Spread their Views