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Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

2017/3/30
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Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?

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SOURCES ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ #What is natural:

GM insulin: http://bit.ly/2ncHaW5

Genetic engineering for thousands of years: http://bit.ly/2eCHKfi http://bit.ly/2mLCvPm

CRISPR: http://bit.ly/2ncI2uN

Are GMOs bad for your health

GMOs and gene flow: http://bit.ly/2bKauBe

terminator seeds: http://n.pr/2o0ADSZ http://bit.ly/2obZ9NS

Plants that are destined to be eaten are evaluated by different agencies http://bit.ly/2mLbU5g http://bit.ly/2nGPtNy http://bit.ly/2ncMXf0

GMOs are safe– various studies and reports by respected authorities: National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine: http://bit.ly/2o0IT55

An overview of the last 10 years of genetically engineered crop safety research: http://bit.ly/2ot8tfH

Letter of 110 Nobel laureates vouching for GMOs: http://bit.ly/295Nvg1

WHO: http://bit.ly/1slbfSV

Various others: http://bit.ly/1pEOq9T http://bit.ly/1xq9iGn http://bit.ly/14XU8yl http://pewrsr.ch/1LqMLAe http://bit.ly/2nduCOV http://bit.ly/20BHOsU

Bt crops: http://bit.ly/2nd9rg8

herbicide-resistant crops: http://bit.ly/2o5kdJk http://bit.ly/2o5nSGQ

What good GMOs can do

Bt eggplants: http://bit.ly/2nHbdsW http://bit.ly/2nvmg89

Gm papaya: http://bit.ly/2nbN0ab http://bit.ly/2nvl6cz http://bit.ly/2ndxPy0

Look in the crystal ball:

drought-resistant crops: http://bit.ly/2mLmnxf

plants that produce more nutrients: http://bbc.in/1WxsfnJ

vitamin-fortified banana: http://bit.ly/1MKS0sJ

nitrogen-fixing crops: http://bit.ly/2mLN9Wn http://bit.ly/2nc9mrZ

Chestnut tree: http://bit.ly/1VqkL2D

Potential for landsparing: http://go.nature.com/2oc18Sp http://bit.ly/1T1J2NX

Further reading:

Bt cotton in India: http://bit.ly/2nH5AdZ http://bit.ly/1JQKG1u

Article on popular science: http://bit.ly/2o5oVqp

Blog series on GMOs: http://bit.ly/2o18w5X

Ecomodernist manifesto: http://bit.ly/1PSVE6n

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Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food