GMO crops have been integrated in American society (and most of the rest of the world) for almost fifty years. People are only just now making a big deal out of it because they're finally paying attention. GMOs are great and have helped our economy so much
The first genetically modified crop plant was produced in 1982, an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. (source: wikipedia) then came the modified maize from monsanto and with it the nice copyright campaign. yes some gmos are usefull but the used basic plant strains are not always ideal for the different areas or they bring corp with a reduced quality (see cotton).
Gmos in general are good. The issue is Monsanto, is literally evil, and their gmos are pretty sketchy. Cars are good, right? So that means they're all ok, and we can just buy whatever from that sleazy salesman who is strangely reluctant to divulge information about what he is selling.
They help the economy and may make food more accessible, yes, but research is not out on knowing if affects humans or if it has same nutritional value as non GMO (Based on what I learned from a RD speakers)
Thats basically what we learn in school too, that there is not enough reliable research to fully accept GMO
Also the GMO can affect the food-chains and ecological systems (sorry, don't really know what it is called in English) by crossbreeding or the surrounding plants become resistant against, for example, round-up
Last thing: I also think it can't be completly good if the EU ~DemAnds~ every product to have GMO in it to write it on the packaging, and that some GMO-products is banned in for example Sweden. International companies like heinz, for exemple, cuts the (usually) GMO corn syrup in ketchup to I think just more tomato sauce?
Thanks tiny ! I agree! Btw in America they cut the word to ecosystem, and ketchup at this point is probably just sugar or syrup, color, and acidic acid maybe.
gmo's brought to you by Dow Chemical and Monsanto the makers of fine products like napalm, agent orange, and dioxin if they say its safe you know you can trust it.
The only (non "pseudo science" conspiracy theory) argument I heard against GMOs is that we don't know the long term effects. Firstly, GMOs are a thing for almost 50 years as someone already mentioned. Secondly, even if there are some things that resurface after a longer time, the way to go forward is by pushing the limits. It'd be heartless to say "so what if some people die", but if it means that it'll resolve world hunger, I would be the first to volunteer as their lab rat.
Secondary potential problem: Using GMOs means homogenizing strains; homogeneity means vulnerability, if a new pest arises that the GMO has not been engineered against. Swathes of crop could be dead before a fix could be implemented, drastically cutting the world's food supply for that year. GMOs are necessary to feed the world's rising population, but we should also engender strict regulations requiring a significant portion of cultivation to be "heirloom" varieties as well; this will both provide potential protection in the form of potentially immune strains (most "new" pests are just a rehash of a pest type corn saw a few thousand years ago, anyway), AND preserve the genetic diversity we'll need to draw from to engineer new and better GMOs in the first place.
Actually, the world doesn't exactly need GMO, if organic food was the only thing on the market it would be enough, but since the huge farm with pesticides and other weird stuff has come around they compete with the organic farms. They then change to pesticides and mass-productive (not sure about the word here) and organic farms overall become fewer, which means less and more pricey food. At least thats what school taught me, I take farming-classes
I believe that other potential effects were that modified genes might interact with humans more easily. I recall something about milk linked to stunted growth. Also, pesticide resistant crops then get pesticides dumped all over them not something I want in my food.
Also the GMO can affect the food-chains and ecological systems (sorry, don't really know what it is called in English) by crossbreeding or the surrounding plants become resistant against, for example, round-up
Last thing: I also think it can't be completly good if the EU ~DemAnds~ every product to have GMO in it to write it on the packaging, and that some GMO-products is banned in for example Sweden. International companies like heinz, for exemple, cuts the (usually) GMO corn syrup in ketchup to I think just more tomato sauce?