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(I know some of the arguments, but this is what people will be reading and thinking, so I thought some might like to see this.).
Genetically engineered crops dont appear to harm humans or the environment, according to a new report released May 17 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
An extensive analysis of two decades worth of evidence dug up no substantial proof that genetically engineered foods were any less safe to eat than those that are conventionally bred. The studys authors also found no conclusive causal link between the engineered crops and environmental problems. The authors note, though, that its not always easy to make definitive conclusions; measuring long-term environmental changes is complicated.
The news comes in the midst of political tumult in the United States over laws to label foods made with GE ingredients. But when it comes to food safety and the environment, the authors conclude, how a plant is made isnt as important as what is actually created.
It is the product, not the process, that should be regulated, the authors write.
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/new-analysis-genetically-engineered-foods-not-health-risk
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)LAGC
(5,330 posts)People get sick from so-called "organic" foods far more often than they do from mass-produced GMOs with their myriad of quality controls. The entire "organic" food industry is a sham, tricking people into paying more for inferior product. What a racket!
If not for the steady progress of science and GMO foods, there would have been mass starvation across the world and no way we could support a global population of over 7 billion people.
The anti-GMO conspiracists of the left are just as much of an albatross as the climate change deniers on the right.
There's always going to be people opposed to change and progress and the steady march of science. We shouldn't buy into their paranoia and conspiracy theories.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)They "feel it" or "just know".
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)petronius
(26,602 posts)article leads to a free PDF of the full report, or link to read it online:
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/23395/genetically-engineered-crops-experiences-and-prospects