GM Food Safety
Question:
Answer: Bigger plants that are drought, flood or insect resistant
A higher content of protein/fat/carbohydrate
Faster reproduction rate
lots of things, some are also engineered to produce some antibiotics in their cells.
Video from an English project. *What are Gm Foods: GM stands for Genetically Modified . Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be defined as ...
Between 1997 and 2005, the total surface area of land cultivated with GMOs had increased by a factor of 50, from 17000 km2 (4.2 million acres) to ...
It´s never easy being a Boulder County commissioner. In the best of times it’s a cross between housekeeping and playing referee. And then there are times like we’re having now when an emotional issue — in this case the expanded use of genetically modified crops on open space lands — has turned once-routine meetings into something more akin to cage fighting. It’s not an exaggeration.
The fear and anger being expressed regarding this issue are very real. And the frustrations are only growing as the commissioners close in on their final decision. But why has this issue become so volatile? In part, the answer lies in a difference of opinion about what the commissioners are actually deciding.
For many of those opposed to GM crops on open space, this issue is no less important than the health of their children and the future of our planet. Opponents of GM crops have long expressed their concern that these crops resulting from genetic tinkering are the cause of many rapidly expanding health issues such as allergies, autism, Alzheimer’s and cancer, to name a few. The food industry’s aversion to labeling products with GM ingredients is viewed by opponents as an acknowledgment that people wouldn’t buy such products if they knew they had been genetically modified, an assumption that has proven true in Europe, where labeling is required and people for the most part won’t touch the stuff. And for those who want less, not more, GM crops in Boulder County, the fact that the vast majority of the research stating that GM products are just as safe as their non-GM counterparts has been funded by Monsanto and other companies that stand to profit from the increasing use of GM crops renders such analysis questionable at best, sinister at worst.
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Farmers organize at eleventh hour to fight GMO ban Group members voted 6-3 to recommend that GMO crops should be allowed on open space land "when the likely, demonstrable benefits of these crops surpass the known and potential risks associated with them." Food and Agriculture Policy Council: After ... |
The hidden costs of allowing genetically modified crops on county open space
Even if the county were to prevail, the cost of defending itself from one lawsuit would far outweigh the economic benefits of voting in favor of GM sugar beets on 960 acres. And this is the point. The list of hidden costs goes on and on, from GMO ...
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Facts and misconceptions about GM crops Genetically modified (GM) crops have again made headlines as the government and public interest groups argue over the benefits and harmful effects of GM organisms. What are GM crops? Genetically modified crops or GM crops are crops that are genetically ... |
Top Ten Health Foodie Trends of 2011
Most look back on fashion, politics and pop culture, but today we'll look back at one of the MOST trendy topics of 2011: health foods. Despite the fact that North America is home to the most GMO (genetically modified organisms) crops in the world, ...
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Why Deny Biotech to a Hungry Africa?
AGRA, whose chairman is former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, says that the group "does not fund the development of GM crops." Africa grows a diverse range of crops as staple foods: not just corn, rice and wheat but cassava, yams, black-eyed peas and ...
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