Hello, I am taking part in a debate about GMO's. I am on the pro GMO side. I was hoping you could provide me with some conclusive, cited studies or articles that I could use in my debate. Thanks for your time.

Expert response from Community Manager

Moderator for GMOAnswers.com

Thursday, 19/06/2014 12:23

Thanks for your question, and good luck in your debate! Here are a few studies that might be of help to you; they were included in a response from Dr. Peter Davies, professor of plant pathology and international professor of plant biology at Cornell University:

Refereed literature compendia can be found at the following sources.

A list of 610 scientific articles on safety assessments of foods and feeds derived from genetically modified crops (updated to June 2013) can be found at:

http://chilebio.cl/documentos/Publicaciones.pdf.

A list of 1,080 studies can be found at:

http://www.biofortified.org/genera/studies-for-genera/.

In Europe, a 2010 European Commission Directorate-General for Research assessed available regulatory science for environmental and food-safety risks in “A Decade of EU-Funded GMO Research (2001–2010)”: “The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than, [for example], conventional plant breeding technologies” (page 16). The full report can be downloaded from:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/pdf/a_decade_of_eu-funded_gmo_research.pdf.

Recent summary articles:

“An overview of the last 10 years of genetically engineered crop safety research, including over 1,700 peer-reviewed studies,” Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 34, no. 1 (March 2014): 77–88, http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/07388551.2013.823595.

“Assessment of GE food safety using ‘-omics’ techniques and long-term animal feeding studies,”

Agnès E. Ricroch, New Biotechnology 30, no. 4 (May 2013),

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187167841200862X.

“Assessment of the health impact of GM plant diets in long-term and multigenerational animal feeding trials: a literature review,” Chelsea Snell et al., Food and Chemical Toxicology 50, nos. 3–4 (March–April 2012): 1134–48,

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691511006399.

Unfortunately, the three journals immediately above charge a fee, or require access through a subscribing library (such as a university library), to provide a PDF of the article. Usually the author will send you a free copy in response to an email request. Author emails can be found on the above-listed websites.

Expert response from Community Manager

Moderator for GMOAnswers.com

Thursday, 19/06/2014 12:23

Thanks for your question, and good luck in your debate! Here are a few studies that might be of help to you; they were included in a response from Dr. Peter Davies, professor of plant pathology and international professor of plant biology at Cornell University:

Refereed literature compendia can be found at the following sources.

A list of 610 scientific articles on safety assessments of foods and feeds derived from genetically modified crops (updated to June 2013) can be found at:

http://chilebio.cl/documentos/Publicaciones.pdf.

A list of 1,080 studies can be found at:

http://www.biofortified.org/genera/studies-for-genera/.

In Europe, a 2010 European Commission Directorate-General for Research assessed available regulatory science for environmental and food-safety risks in “A Decade of EU-Funded GMO Research (2001–2010)”: “The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than, [for example], conventional plant breeding technologies” (page 16). The full report can be downloaded from:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/pdf/a_decade_of_eu-funded_gmo_research.pdf.

Recent summary articles:

“An overview of the last 10 years of genetically engineered crop safety research, including over 1,700 peer-reviewed studies,” Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 34, no. 1 (March 2014): 77–88, http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/07388551.2013.823595.

“Assessment of GE food safety using ‘-omics’ techniques and long-term animal feeding studies,”

Agnès E. Ricroch, New Biotechnology 30, no. 4 (May 2013),

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187167841200862X.

“Assessment of the health impact of GM plant diets in long-term and multigenerational animal feeding trials: a literature review,” Chelsea Snell et al., Food and Chemical Toxicology 50, nos. 3–4 (March–April 2012): 1134–48,

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691511006399.

Unfortunately, the three journals immediately above charge a fee, or require access through a subscribing library (such as a university library), to provide a PDF of the article. Usually the author will send you a free copy in response to an email request. Author emails can be found on the above-listed websites.