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GMO products are (not) safe and (not) necessaryhttps://www.bbcgoodfood…
GMO products are (not) safe and (not) necessary
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/what-gmo-food
no evidence--> GMOs bad to eat/use/touch/rub into your skin/feed your children
GMO crops
grow in drought stricken areas
higher amounts of vitamins
higher yield
possibility--> reducing famine/ hunger around the world
resistant to certain pesticides
own bug-repelling properties
own bug-repelling properties/ resistant to certain pesticides
killing vital pollinators
same--> intensive farming non GMO crops
benefits GMO crops outweigh risks
2014 analysis into the impact of GMO crops
problems
crop--> become property of a private company
forbid farmers to save seeds
farmers forced --> buy new seeds every year
GMO crops blow in from neighbouring fields
forced to buy a license
face heavy fines
handful of scientists --> concerns about long term implications
"inserted genes can--> transformed by several different means--> can happen generations later" (Dr David Williams)
potentially toxic plants--> slip trough testing in future
scientists could --> afraid to challenge the majority-->publish anti GMO studies
face attacks on their reputations/receive less funding on heir research