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Oct 17, 2018 · The GMO potatoes are likely to accumulate at least two toxins that are absent in normal potatoes, and newer versions (Innate 2.0) additionally lost their sensory qualities when fried. Furthermore, the GMO potatoes contain at least as many bruises as normal potatoes, but these undesirable bruises are now concealed.
Oct 3, 2017 · Overall, the adoption of first generation GMO crops has led to a slight (6% in one study) increase in agrichemical use overall. However, it is germane to note that, as far as impacts on human health (of both consumers and agricultural workers), different classes of chemicals have very different toxicities. Many chemicals used to control insect ...
Mar 21, 2015 · AP Photo/Simplot Corporation. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Potatoes that won't bruise and apples that won't brown are a step closer to grocery store aisles, but some food suppliers say they don't want ...
Apr 21, 2015 · Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops for human consumption in the world. Because of the presence of this "foreign" DNA, sweet potato can be seen as a "natural GMO." The researchers ...
Jan 3, 2014 · From 1845 to 1852, the Great Hunger devastated Ireland and Scotland. A widespread outbreak of potato blight wiped out the potato crop, killing more than a million Irish people, and sending many ...
Jan 1, 2020 · Broadly defined, “being sustainable” is the minimum requirement a GMO should adhere to before it will be considered for commercial release in South Africa.GMO sustainability can be divided into its biosafety components, i.e., food/feed (health) and environmental safety, and its viability components, i.e., sociopolitical (governance) and technoeconomic feasibility (Fig. 6.1.2).
Oct 8, 2018 · In 2000, I left Monsanto and started an independent biotech program at J.R. Simplot Company in Boise, Idaho. Simplot is one of the largest potato processors in the world. It was my goal to develop GMO potatoes that would be admired by farmers, processors, and consumers. Genetic engineering had become an obsession by then, and I created at least ...
