https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew GMO Safety en-us 2018-03-16 18:16:29 UTC 2026-03-01 19:29:16 UTC hello@padlet.com gjennison22 https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/242966513  Do GE foods cause cancer? No patterns of changing cancer incidence over time are “generally similar” between the US, where GMO foods are ubiquitous, and the United Kingdom, where they are virtually unknown. How about kidney disease? US rates have barely budged over a quarter century. Obesity or diabetes? There is “no published evidence to support the hypothesis” of a link between them and GE foods. Celiac disease? “No major difference” between the US and UK again. Allergies? “The committee did not find a relationship between consumption of GE foods and the increase in (the) prevalence of food allergies.” Autism? Again, evidence comparing the US and UK “does not support the hypothesis of a link.”
https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu]]> 2018-03-16 18:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/242966513 gjennison22 https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/243665365
The field data represented more than 100 billion animals covering a period before 1996 when the animal feed was 100% non-GMO, and after its introduction when it jumped to 90% and more. The documentation included the records of animals examined pre and post-mortem, as ill cattle cannot be approved for meat. What did they find? That GM feed is safe and nutritionally equivalent to non-GMO feed. There was no indication of any unusual trends in the health of animals since 1996 when GMO crops were first harvested. Considering the size of the dataset, it can reasonably be said that the debate over the impact of GE feed on animal health is closed: there is zero extraordinary impact.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonentine/2014/09/17/the-debate-about-gmo-safety-is-over-thanks-to-a-new-trillion-meal-study/#66217d8a63bb

]]> 2018-03-19 17:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/243665365 gjennison22 https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/243670353 Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have met with enormous public opposition over the past two decades. Many people believe that GMOs are bad for their health – even poisonous – and that they damage the environment. This is in spite of overwhelming scientific evidence that proves that GMOs are safe to eat and that they bring environmental benefits by making agriculture more sustainable
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-people-oppose-gmos-even-though-science-says-they-are-safe/]]> 2018-03-19 17:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/243670353 gjennison22 https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/243671349 There is a consensus on the safety of GM crops. Consensus doesn’t mean every last person on the planet; there are people who still say GMOs are dangerous, and some of those people have advanced degrees. But siding with those people, in the face of the consensus, just makes it easier for others to dismiss you as an anti-science (more on that later) zealot. Arguing that GMOs pose a significant human health risk is unreasonable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-gmo-debate-5-things-to-stop-arguing/2014/10/27/e82bbc10-5a3e-11e4-b812-38518ae74c67_story.html?utm_term=.9b9225e58e63]]> 2018-03-19 18:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/243671349 gjennison22 https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/243676344 The report tries to answer a long list of questions about GMOs, involving nutrition, environmental effects, effects on the farm economy and monopoly control over seeds. The most basic conclusion: There's no evidence that GMOs are risky to eat. The committee also found that GMOs, as promised, have allowed farmers of some crops to spray less insecticide to protect their crops — although there's a risk that the GMO crops may not work as well in the future because insects could develop resistance to them. Also, there's no evidence that GMOs have reduced the amount of wild plant and insect life on farms.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/17/478415310/top-scientists-say-gmos-are-safe-but-dont-always-deliver-on-promises]]> 2018-03-19 18:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gjennison22/6woxdb0nphew/wish/243676344