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GMOs Are Safe

The document summarizes the findings of a report from the National Academies of Sciences that found genetically modified (GM) crops are safe for human consumption. The report reviewed hundreds of studies conducted since the introduction of GM crops in the 1990s in the US and found no direct relationship between GM foods and health problems. Major scientific organizations, including the US National Academy of Sciences, European Commission, and World Health Organization, agree there is no evidence that GM foods cause health issues. However, public opinion of GM foods remains controversial, with many Americans still believing they are unsafe despite the scientific consensus of their safety. Changing public perceptions of GM foods will likely require a continued focus on their benefits in addition to increased awareness of their safety.

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GMOs Are Safe

The document summarizes the findings of a report from the National Academies of Sciences that found genetically modified (GM) crops are safe for human consumption. The report reviewed hundreds of studies conducted since the introduction of GM crops in the 1990s in the US and found no direct relationship between GM foods and health problems. Major scientific organizations, including the US National Academy of Sciences, European Commission, and World Health Organization, agree there is no evidence that GM foods cause health issues. However, public opinion of GM foods remains controversial, with many Americans still believing they are unsafe despite the scientific consensus of their safety. Changing public perceptions of GM foods will likely require a continued focus on their benefits in addition to increased awareness of their safety.

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Genetically Modified Crops Are Safe

1. There are not scientific proves to link diseases to GMOs

An extensive report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and


Medicine released today found that genetically modified (GM) crops are safe
for human consumption. The review, which looked at hundreds of studies
conducted since GM crops were first introduced in the 1990s in the United
States, found no direct relationship between GM foods and health problems
such as obesity, diabetes, cancer, or other diseases.

2. There’s not any difference between Genetically Modified food and conventional food.
The overwhelming conclusion is, in the words of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, that “consuming foods containing ingredients derived from GM crops is not more
dangerous than consuming the same foods containing ingredients from crop plants modified by
conventional plant improvement techniques.” Major scientific and governmental organizations
agree. The U.S. National Academy of Sciences found that “no adverse health effects attributed to
genetic engineering have been documented in the human population,” and a report made by the
European Commission made the same conclusion. The World Health Organization has concluded
that GM foods “are not probable, nor have been shown, to present risks for human health.”

3. People don’t believe in the safety of GMO’s, and even worse, they don’t believe in scientists.
But the public debate over genetically modified organisms has caused a lot of controversy. In 2015,
57 percent of Americans still believed GM foods were unsafe to eat, according to the Pew Research
Center. The problem is not necessarily that the majority of Americans aren’t aware of the scientific
proves, the problem is that they just don’t believe them: The Pew survey also found that 67 percent
of adults in the U.S. didn’t believe scientists have a full understanding of the potential health effects
of GM crops.

4. Many people think that: “If it is not “natural”, it is bad”


The psychologist, Francie Diep, reported that this is very hard for people because Genetically
Engineered crops violate people’s expectations that species are unmodifiable, so they seem weird,
unnatural, and monstrous. That also means scientists who work on altering organisms’ DNA seem,
to many, to be altering something that must be unalterable. For religious people, that translates
into “playing to be God.”
5. People don’t know they have been eating GMO’s for a long time.
James McWilliams also points out how our discomfort about GM foods is promoted by an impulse
to avoid ingesting unfamiliar, and therefore potentially dangerous, substances. “Unseen, rumored
to be dangerous irrespective of dose, and often ingested unknowingly (without labels), the idea of
these ingredients can activate our disgust response,” McWilliams wrote, “one of the biggest
problems is that people don’t know that this technology makes part for ingredients in 70 percent
of the processed foods we eat, so, they see it as unfamiliar.”

6. People won’t change their minds easily.


The latest proclamation of GM crops’ safety won’t change public opinion any more than the last
several scientific reports. GM crops are still often portrayed as dangerous and unregulated
substances dropped into our food supply by evil companies concerned only with profits. But many
GM crops are engineered to fulfill human needs, such as “golden rice,” which was made to help
children with a chronic vitamin A deficiency in some regions of the world.

7. it’s important to continue showing GMO’s benefits to change people’s perceptions little by little.

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However, researchers suggest that focusing on the benefits of GM crops — like the new report’s
finding that GM crops can save farmers money — along with an increasing awareness of their
safety, could change how consumers view GM products.

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