Do you suffer from GMO-phobia? Why is there so much misinformation being spread about GMO products?

@bijouxbroussard Wow. So you can demonstrate that cancer is a direct result of GMO then?

@bijouxbroussard Resistant crops. Can increase certain vitamins. Increase yields.

@TheSeptikSkeptik Reread my post, please. I’m actually asking [b]questions[/b]. If you have [b]answers[/b], fine. But if you posted merely to ridicule replies, let me know and I shall move on. You clearly have an opinion about this. I don’t understand the basic premise behind the science.

@canusernamebemyusername Okay, Thank you.

@bijouxbroussard cancer IS on the rise we live in a SEA of carcingens, far more potent than food projects.

Il give yo an example of why,, a bad one

the took the gene from a bacteria, bacillus insurgents, which is itself a succesful way to kill insect pests..
put it in certain food crops to make them fight off those bugs
BUT said buGS, then got resistant to it, making the REAL bacterium useless..

another one made potatoes resistant to certain diseases, that has worked well

but ROund Up Ready corn and beans have casued legal troubles like weve never seen

@bijouxbroussard You are welcome. I know they are trying to make some drought resistant and to need less water as many areas undergo desertification and crops can cut into our fresh water supply.
They tend to anymore use what is called CRISPER to take a stand of DNA and cut segments out and insert new segments.
In the early 90's before CRISPER there was an increase in cancer in the organism that was modified but the technique has gotten better. They didn't really know as much about genetics then. What often happened was the "glue" that they used to stitch the segments back together would come undone and push the cell into a cancer state.
But it does not translate to an increase in cancer in the people that eat the food. It is just the equivalent of eating a tumor. Which sounds gross but isn't going to create cancer in the person eating it. I mean look at naval oranges or modern strawberries. They are basically tumors.

@SatyrService That makes sense. It is in my state that a worker who had regularly sprayed Round Up as part of his job duties and contracted cancer was awarded a settlement recently.

@bijouxbroussard There are many beneficial reasons to grow GM crops. Insecticide use with GMO crops is down 85%, while the overall world's use of insecticides are down 37%. Crop yields are up an average of 21%. GMOs use less land and produce more crops, less pesticides, less fuel, and less labor. IT literally saves time and money across the board. There are massive amounts of peer reviewed scientific studies on GMOs and their safety. GMOs are the most regulated and widely studied crops in plant breeding history.

Peer reviewed studies just on the safety and consumption of GMO = 770
Peer reviewed studies highlighting the dangers of GMO products = 0