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Jun 10, 2020 · Once again, newer crops were less likely to be consumed, were riskier, less natural, and provoked more moral concerns. In the final study, participants were asked to judge corn plants modified recently, 25 or 100 years ago. Participants judged corn, modified by human-generated gamma radiation, to improve taste, texture, or shelf-life.
Feb 22, 2013 · Europeans and their livestock are already consuming GM foods on a substantial scale. Europe's lack of trust in GMOs reflects a wider distrust of science. Similar attitudes prevail concerning shale gas and nuclear power. The irony is that the generations who have benefited most from scientific progress are now the most suspicious of science.
Jan 29, 2016 · Foods containing GMOs have been on the market since the 1990s. Some are eaten as a whole organism — such as papaya engineered to resist the ringspot virus. Others end up as ingredients in ...
Jul 18, 2023 · Scientists who develop GMOs conduct thorough testing to ensure that allergens are not transferred from one food to another. Extensive research indicates that GMO foods are no more likely to provoke allergies compared to non-GMOs. For instance, a 2020 Foods study examined the allergenicity of genetically modified soybeans. Researchers concluded ...
Aug 26, 2015 · Dr. Pustazai’s curriculum vitae is what afforded him a $3 million grant by the UK government to study GMOs. Dr. Pustazai was possibly the first, if not a primary scientist to point out that GM food was not at all substantially equivalent to non-GM foods. He also pointed out that the testing procedures employed by the UK, and incidentally ...
Jan 10, 2022 · Since the first report on a CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in potato in 2015 (Wang et al., 2015), this system has been applied in number of basic research studies and in improving important traits in potato, including its nutritional quality, modification of tuber starch composition, post-harvest quality enhancement, biotic stress ...
Dec 4, 2013 · State-by-state battles over mandatory labeling of GMO food has pitted some NGOs and businesses against biotech companies, grocery stores and food and beverage firms like Coca-Cola and Kellogg's ...
