I don’t know…

Depending on the sources you read, some sources say “there is a growing body of evidence that connects GMOs with health problems, environmental damage, and violation of farmers’ and consumers’ rights”. Then you read somewhere else, and they say “in the decades since the first genetically modified foods reached the market, no adverse health effects among consumers have been found”. This is not to say there are none.

Most consumers seem to be still hesitant. Among the commonly expressed concerns are undesirable changes in nutritional content, the emergence of new allergens, and toxic effects on bodily organs.

About 90 percent of scientists believe GMOs are safe. This includes the American Medical Association, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the World Health Organization. Only slightly more than a third of consumers share this same belief.

Sixty-four countries around the world, including Australia, Japan, and all of the countries in the European Union, require genetically modified foods to be labeled. Globally, there are also 300 regions with outright bans on growing GMOs.

Gene modification scientists focus on building health benefits into widely used foods, such as genetically engineering crops that can grow in dry and salty soils and tolerate temperature extremes, especially in African and Asian countries, to significantly increase the countries’ food supply, and improving protein, vitamins, and minerals in food crops to improve nutritional intake in a famine area.

I think these are overkill.

These Frankenfoods claim to be solving world hunger problems, but are they really?

More than 80% of all genetically modified crops grown worldwide have been engineered for herbicide tolerance. As a result, the use of toxic herbicides, such as Roundup®, has increased fifteen-fold since GMOs were first introduced.

In March 2015, the World Health Organization determined that the herbicide glyphosate (the key ingredient in Roundup®) is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”

Genetically modified crops also are responsible for the emergence of “superweeds” and “superbugs,” which can only be killed with ever more toxic poisons such as 2,4-D (a major ingredient in Agent Orange).

GMOs are everywhere. Most packaged foods contain ingredients made from corn, soy, canola, and sugar beet — and the vast majority of those crops grown in North America are genetically modified.

Artificial ingredients in processed food, such as hydrolyzed vegetable protein, corn syrup, molasses, sucrose, textured vegetable protein, flavorings, vitamins, yeast products, microbes & enzymes, flavors, oils & fats, proteins, and sweeteners.

Farm animal and fish fed genetically engineered ingredients are common in animal feed. This impacts animal products such as eggs, milk, meat, honey, and seafood.

I’ll say no one knows what they’re talking about at this time. I’d recommend proceeding with caution. The long term impacts of these GMOs are unknown. Therefore, “when in doubt, do without”.

Ok, there you have it…

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