FACT: GMOS ARE SAFE TO EAT AND HAVE NO LINKS TO DISEASES, ACCORDING TO A 2016 SCIENTIFIC REPORT THAT REVIEWED 900 GMO STUDIES.[1]
GMO crops aren’t a health risk to humans or animals. Canadian farmers have been growing GMO crops for nearly 25 years and over that time, scientists haven’t attributed a single case of illness to them.[2] There have been thousands of scientific studies on GMO safety, many of which were independently funded and confirmed GMOs don’t pose a risk to human health. In 2016, researchers from 15 different scientific societies looked at 900 studies of GMOs from around the world. They found no evident risk from GMOs to human health or the environment.
In fact, the body of research on GMOs and their impact on health spans nearly three decades, representing analysis of over 100 billion animals who have eaten trillions of GMO-based meals and scientists have found no extraordinary impact on the health of the animals or on human health.[3]
Canadian farmers grow GM crops because they’re confident in the food they provide – and wouldn’t grow them it they weren’t sure they were safe.