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5 days ago · Tomatoes. Photo credit: Canva Pro. The first genetically modified food ever sold was the Flavr Savr tomato, designed to have a longer shelf life. Though it’s not on the market anymore, other GMO tomatoes are still around.
3 days ago · In 2014, the USDA approved a genetically modified potato developed by J. R. Simplot Company that contained ten genetic modifications that prevent bruising and produce less acrylamide when fried. The modifications eliminate specific proteins from the potatoes, via RNA interference, rather than introducing novel proteins.
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3 days ago · GMO foods pose greater risk to agriculture than human health, experts say. Following a review of almost 900 studies, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reported today ...
2 days ago · Potatoes. Genetically modified potatoes were created to be very resistant to diseases, such as Phytophthora Infestans, that can spread quickly and kill entire fields of potatoes. A disease like this caused the potato famine in the 1840s. Only 25% of the potatoes grow today are eaten by people.
2 days ago · Agriculture studies conducted by reputed research institutions have proven that genetically modified vegetable seeds increase farm yield drastically. This makes GM vegetable seeds beneficial especially in those regions where the area under cultivation is extremely small, yet the population is high. Such areas always face the problem of supply ...
3 days ago · A court in the Philippines has sided with green campaigners and banned a genetically modified (GMO) rice variety that the government hoped would help fight vitamin A deficiency - the leading cause of childhood blindness in poorer countries. Three years ago, the rice-dependent nation became the first ...
Genetically modified food applies to essentially every food humans have domesticated, but the GMO scare tends to be things corporations specifically modify. The fear about them creating some kind of harmful food for humans is fear mongering.
