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According to Janet Carpenter in Peer-reviewed surveys indicate positive impact of commercialized GM crops published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, yield increases across several genetically engineered crops and technologies were 4.8 times higher (6% versus 29%) in developing countries than developed countries. This is most likely due to less access to other technologies such as ...
Árpád Pusztai. Árpád János Pusztai (8 September 1930 – 17 December 2021 [1]) was a Hungarian-born British biochemist and nutritionist who spent 36 years at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was a world expert on plant lectins, authoring 270 papers and three books on the subject. In 1998, Árpád Pusztai publicly ...
May 17, 2018 · In the years since, as many as a quarter of European universities have shut down their GMO research programs, some due to a loss of funding and others because scientists are leaving the GMO sphere, tired of the backlash and criticism. My first experience of the intensity of anti-GMO belief occurred during a public panel discussion about ...
Mar 23, 2023 · 23 March 2023. By Pallab Ghosh,Science correspondent. BBC News. Researchers in Cambridge are developing gene-edited potatoes that don't bruise in order to reduce food waste. Gene-edited food can ...
Since GMO foods were introduced in the 1990s, research6 has shown that they are just as safe as non-GMO foods. Additionally, research7 shows that GMO plants fed to farm animals are as safe as non-GMO animal food. Do GMO plants reduce pesticide use? Some GMO plants contain plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs)8 to make them resistant to
Jan 16, 2017 · Scientists advance disease resistance in three of world's most economically important crops. Image: John Innes Centre “Denial, surprise, panic, confusion, anger, and concern were among responses ...
May 14, 2020 · The British Helped the Irish Starve During the Potato Famine This abhorrent view goes back a long way and is shared by many, which is why somebody can verbalize it without feeling ashamed. Two people in particular deserve the most blame for popularizing these beliefs, Thomas Malthus and Paul Ehrlich .
