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Are GMOs nonconducive to your health?

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Expert response from Community Manager

Tuesday, 25/08/2015 13:52

Genetic modification of plants and animals date back to the advent of farming and animal husbandry. It was done by identifying traits that were preferred and cross breeding. This is a hit-or-miss kind of approach. Although it transmitted the desired traits to the new crossbred plant or animal, it transmitted many other traits, as well. This scattershot approach to improving our crops and livestock was supplanted by the remarkable growth of the science of genetics.

 

Concerns over the use of GMOs arise from assumptions made that are untrue, such as the idea that whole segments of DNA from one species are moved to another. This is not true. GMO methods transfer only the DNA snippet that codes for one individual trait. It is precise and controlled. But because it is a new method, it is closely regulated and studied. Despite extensive research and close follow up, there have been no scientifically substantiated health risks associated with the GMO methods. Understanding how the technology is done is crucial to understanding its potential for benefits and risks. 

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Expert response from Community Manager

Tuesday, 25/08/2015 13:51

Genetic modification of plants and animals date back to the advent of farming and animal husbandry. It was done by identifying traits that were preferred and cross breeding. This is a hit-or-miss kind of approach. Although it transmitted the desired traits to the new crossbred plant or animal, it transmitted many other traits, as well. This scattershot approach to improving our crops and livestock was supplanted by the remarkable growth of the science of genetics.

 

Concerns over the use of GMOs arise from assumptions made that are untrue, such as the idea that whole segments of DNA from one species are moved to another. This is not true. GMO methods transfer only the DNA snippet that codes for one individual trait. It is precise and controlled. But because it is a new method, it is closely regulated and studied. Despite extensive research and close follow up, there have been no scientifically substantiated health risks associated with the GMO methods. Understanding how the technology is done is crucial to understanding its potential for benefits and risks. 

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Expert response from Community Manager

Tuesday, 25/08/2015 13:52

Genetic modification of plants and animals date back to the advent of farming and animal husbandry. It was done by identifying traits that were preferred and cross breeding. This is a hit-or-miss kind of approach. Although it transmitted the desired traits to the new crossbred plant or animal, it transmitted many other traits, as well. This scattershot approach to improving our crops and livestock was supplanted by the remarkable growth of the science of genetics.

 

Concerns over the use of GMOs arise from assumptions made that are untrue, such as the idea that whole segments of DNA from one species are moved to another. This is not true. GMO methods transfer only the DNA snippet that codes for one individual trait. It is precise and controlled. But because it is a new method, it is closely regulated and studied. Despite extensive research and close follow up, there have been no scientifically substantiated health risks associated with the GMO methods. Understanding how the technology is done is crucial to understanding its potential for benefits and risks. 

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Expert response from Community Manager

Tuesday, 25/08/2015 13:51

Genetic modification of plants and animals date back to the advent of farming and animal husbandry. It was done by identifying traits that were preferred and cross breeding. This is a hit-or-miss kind of approach. Although it transmitted the desired traits to the new crossbred plant or animal, it transmitted many other traits, as well. This scattershot approach to improving our crops and livestock was supplanted by the remarkable growth of the science of genetics.

 

Concerns over the use of GMOs arise from assumptions made that are untrue, such as the idea that whole segments of DNA from one species are moved to another. This is not true. GMO methods transfer only the DNA snippet that codes for one individual trait. It is precise and controlled. But because it is a new method, it is closely regulated and studied. Despite extensive research and close follow up, there have been no scientifically substantiated health risks associated with the GMO methods. Understanding how the technology is done is crucial to understanding its potential for benefits and risks.