2000 reasons why GMO foods are safe

Thank god for the.....Grapple?

GM foods are safe and predictable. The alternative breeding method is to wait for random mutations to improve food, and then you have no idea what you are getting. With GM you know exactly what you have added and what, if any, safety concerns might be present.

So you're saying science trumps mother nature..

Do you have a pet? Bred by humans to be domesticated. Defying Mother Nature.

Organic food? Bred by humans to be as plump and tasty as possible. Defying Mother Nature.

This argument is centuries old. I don't know why people think it's something new...

A lot different than splicing something like fish dna into food to deter pests.

And yet still very much the same.

Also I like fish. As far as I know eating fish doesn't hurt me any. Why do I care if my produce is part fish?

I am going to throw my two cents in, whatever it's worth. I am a microbiologist/bio technologist. I understand these concepts very well. Yes, humans have been altering plants and animals for centuries. But to tell people that GMOs are similar is not accurate. One change we make is to introduce a bacterial gene into plants to make them resistant to certain insects. No matter how many years we bred these plants, this change would not happen in a normal evolutionary setting, at least not using this gene.

Am I afraid of eating GMOs....no. We've been eating them for quite a while now. I am not afraid of any human safety aspect, although with some of them I do worry about an environmental impact (round up resistance). But when we lie, it looks like we are hiding something.

Biotechnology has the capacity to accomplish really great things. Insulin production is a great example. We can use bacteria to produce human insulin, rather than relying on swine or bovine insulin like we did in the past. Everyone should educate themselves to know how these changes truly affect us, and which ones are useful and which ones are not.

The more you know....

Thank god for the.....Grapple?

Grapples are actually really tasty.

Then you can see why thanking; maybe Monsanto rather than god, is in order?

Thank god for the.....Grapple?

lol that's an apple soaked in grape juice isn't it

Holy crap, a apple soaked in wine. Best treat ever...no genetic modification required!

GM foods are safe and predictable. The alternative breeding method is to wait for random mutations to improve food, and then you have no idea what you are getting. With GM you know exactly what you have added and what, if any, safety concerns might be present.

So you're saying science trumps mother nature..

Do you have a pet? Bred by humans to be domesticated. Defying Mother Nature.

Organic food? Bred by humans to be as plump and tasty as possible. Defying Mother Nature.

This argument is centuries old. I don't know why people think it's something new...

A lot different than splicing something like fish dna into food to deter pests.

And yet still very much the same.

Also I like fish. As far as I know eating fish doesn't hurt me any. Why do I care if my produce is part fish?

I am going to throw my two cents in, whatever it's worth. I am a microbiologist/bio technologist. I understand these concepts very well. Yes, humans have been altering plants and animals for centuries. But to tell people that GMOs are similar is not accurate. One change we make is to introduce a bacterial gene into plants to make them resistant to certain insects. No matter how many years we bred these plants, this change would not happen in a normal evolutionary setting, at least not using this gene.

Am I afraid of eating GMOs....no. We've been eating them for quite a while now. I am not afraid of any human safety aspect, although with some of them I do worry about an environmental impact (round up resistance). But when we lie, it looks like we are hiding something.

I'm not sure about the lies of scientists involved in this type of technology but I do know that the antiGMO movement is full of lies and scare tactics. I wonder whether it's out of ignorance or genuine concern.

I believe that both viral and bacterial DNA has been found in our genome, so prokaryote to eukaryotes gene transfer is not such a stretch IMO. Considering that the endosymbiosis theory proposes that eukaryotes evolved by engulfing prokaryotes, for me, the whole concept of transferring a bacterial gene to a plant is not such a foreign thing and certainly plausible from an evolutionary perspective.

Like you, my only concern is the potential environmental impact. From a health perspective, I don't really see a problem.

oh hell yes

Why are they safe? Because they produce their own pesticides that explode the stomachs of insects? Because they are resistant to Roundup and other herbicides? Because the BT pollen from GE corn nearly extinct the monarch butterflies???...

No thank you.

And possibly responsible for killing off the honey bees.

People do realize that if the honey bees are killed off we will have no way to grow food unless someone is going to manually go and do the job of the honey bee and pollinate the plants.

Thanks to the likes of Monsanto we will probably not have a food supply in the coming future.

What a joke. Just like cigarettes were supposed to be safe.............. Talk to me in 20 years when you have a horn growing out of your head and you glow in the dark.

If you can't pronounce the ingredients in your food...





pick up an English book. You need to work on your phonics.

This guy right here!


It has nothing to do with education, chemicals in food are bad, except it and move on!

You aren't going to be healthy unless you stick with clean food from the earth!!!

I plant Round-Up Ready soybeans in my food plots. The deer, turkey and other miscellaneous critters have not complained one bit.

I simply have zero patience for those who mock science on the internet.

Do you know how every part of your phone works? Guess you better throw it away...

Biology > Science!

tagging to read later (if this thread hasn't been nuked by then)

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In because since I work in a science based profession I find this amusing

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