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Panic-Free GMO, Johnson 2013 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - however decades of consumption by the general pop with seemingly no harmful impacts is something
    - - new GMOs are potentially a higher risk because of the use of new genes that haven't been used for years
  - - - Testing isn't explicit or standardized, USDA approves under the assumption that the company has tested p.3
      - Can we trust that companies are doing the accurate and reliable testing.
      - should testing be done for the whole product or just the genes that are being added to product?
        
        "all of a sudden the plant is expressing not just the trait you want, but also whatever comes right after that in the genome." p.8
- - - - GMOs can move genes from one species to another where traditional breeding relys on genes stored in species that aren't being utilized and are bred to be active
      - both have the potential risks like increased allergies or new toxins p.10