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May 2, 2022 · Acrylamide is produced when potatoes are cooked at high temperatures. Because acrylamide is suspected to increase the risk of cancer, eating genetically engineered fried potatoes that make less acrylamide would reduce that risk compared with eating regular fried potatoes. CLAIM Eating GMOs is bad for you. FINDING False.
Nov 4, 2019 · In field tests across corn-growing regions of the United States between 2014 and 2017, they found that the GM hybrids typically yielded 3% to 5% more grain than control plants. Some yielded 8% to 10% more, the team reports this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The benefit held regardless of how good or bad the ...
A GMO (genetically modified organism) is a plant, animal, or microorganism that has had its genetic material (DNA) changed using technology that generally involves the specific modification of DNA ...
Feb 26, 2015 · GMOs—or genetically modified organisms—are created in a lab by altering the genetic makeup of a plant or an animal. Ninety-two percent of Americans believe that GMO foods—widely found in ...
May 10, 2018 · Klümper and Qaim [ 35] completed a meta-analysis of 147 studies on pesticide use, yield, and farmer profits. They found that on average, GM crops increased yield by 21.6%, reduced pesticide quantity by 36.9%, reduced pesticide cost by 39.2%, and increased farmer profits by 68.2%.
Jun 1, 2018 · Posted on June 1, 2018, 8:11 am. Rob Dobi for BuzzFeed News. In late 2014, an obscure Russian group called a press conference in London to announce the launch of the “world’s largest international study” — a three-year, $25 million experiment of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. In the Factor GMO project, the panelists explained ...
May 17, 2016 · Though long-term epidemiological studies have not directly addressed GE food consumption, available epidemiological data do not show associations between any disease or chronic conditions and the consumption of GE foods. There is some evidence that GE insect-resistant crops have had benefits to human health by reducing insecticide poisonings.
