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May 1, 2014 · Generally consumers consider that conventional foods (that have an established record of safe consumption over the history) are safe. Whenever novel varieties of organisms for food use are developed using the traditional breeding methods that had existed before the introduction of gene technology, some of the characteristics of organisms may be altered, either in a positive or a negative way.
GMOS101: Your Basic Questions Answered. GMO foods have been available to consumers since the early 1990s. Since then, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have worked together to ensure that crops produced through genetic engineering are safe for ...
Aug 1, 2012 · All this makes potatoes a powerful symbol of biodiversity (and lack thereof) in the global food system. But to read this week’s news, it’s easy to wonder if we’ll ever learn our lesson ...
Oct 22, 2018 · Michelle Perro, MD, DHom is a veteran pediatrician with over four decades of experience in acute and integrative medicine, co-founder and CEO of GMOScience (LINK?), a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. More than fifteen years ago, Dr. Perro transformed her clinical practice to include the health effects from GMOs and their associated pesticides.
Feb 1, 2022 · A meticulous scientist who woke up the world to the dangers of GM foods The eminent scientist Dr. Arpad Pusztai passed away last December. As the lead author of the landmark 1999 study that found that genetically modified insecticidal potatoes had toxic effects on rats, Arpad woke up the world to the fact that some GM crops […]
May 2, 2022 · 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. There is no proven evidence that foods made from GMOs are less healthy than non-GMO foods.
Jan 9, 2015 · Before potatoes ever reach the consumer, there is 400 million pounds of potato waste that we could save if Innate potatoes were adopted in the fresh market,” says Haven Baker, general manager ...
