Some say GMO foods are safe, but others say the aren't. It is not actually known yet whether it is or is not safe, but some believe there are indications that it is not totally safe and may cause health issues in animals and humans.
Since there were no long term human studies and the very few long term animal studies have revealed negative health effects, we don't know that GMO foods are safe. There are those; however, that claim they are safe, but anecdotal evidence suggests otherwise.
Genetically modified (GM) foods are used for a variety of reasons. They help in growing food by giving these attributes to plants.
They also improve the quality of the food by:
Cancer, Tumors, blindness, at one point GM grasses mutated and killed an entire heard of cattle plus anything that went and fed on the grasses, and anything that ate the flesh of the cattle. In trials mice were fed GM corn for two years and developed giant tumors, Sterility, and other nasty things.
The controversy about genetically modified food has to do with the fear that genetic modification of food is going to have side effects which are not yet known, particularly since genetically modified plants can hybridize with other plants and spread their modified genes to species for which those genes were not intended. By allowing big international companies, primarily Monsanto, to be able to patent food crops, we may wind up making life even harder for farmers around the world. The fact that genetic modifications are created by means of plasmids derived from viruses that are known to be carcinogenic is also a concern. And in addition to these other issues, many people feel that human beings cannot improve upon nature and should not attempt to do so. The nickname "Frankenfood" conveys this idea. Just as the fictional character of Frankenstein committed a terrible error in trying to create a new form of life, so may Monsanto be guilty of a similar, possibly more terrible error.
They are not bad. GM food have been used from ancient times through selective growing and breeding. Were it not for GM crops many more people would starve.
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GM foods are brilliant. WOOOOOO! Genetically modified foods cannot be collectively put into a "good" or a "bad" category. Depending on how they are modified, they may be very good for us, very bad for us, or anywhere in between.
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GM food can be found at some of your local markets and at any time of the year but before you buy it i would like to let you know that GM foods can cause allergic reactions and can be poisinous.
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Because the company which controls most GM foods will not allow independent testing of their products.
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1994 - the FlavrSavr transgenic tomato was legalised by the US to be commercially sold. After that, a lot of GM foods were legalised
Genetically modified(GM)organisms are those organisms whose DNA, or genetic material has been altered through modern biotechnology whereas GM foods are those from genetically engineered crops.
1994 - the FlavrSavr transgenic tomato was legalised by the US to be commercially sold. After that, a lot of GM foods were legalised
They are not.
gm foods are made by scientists in a laboratory by mixing genes and chromosomes. hope this was useful :)
No, GMO foods are not cheaper than conventional foods.