Myth

We need to regulate gmos for food safety.

Fact

FOOD SAFETY WITH APPROVED GMOS IS NOT AN ISSUE. “We have a huge issue in food safety with lots of other things: contaminants, E. coli, salmonella, listeria, arsenic. But if genetic engineers were to develop a rice plant or a potato with, say, an increased vitamin A content that was so high it would cause a problem, it would never get on the market. There’s a very strong regulatory structure in place in the United States and that’s what they check for. We’ve been eating GMOs since the mid-‘90s — almost 20 years now — and there’s still not a single documented case of harm to humans.” McHughen says.

Topic

GMO

Label

FALSE

URL

https://magazinearchive.ucr.edu/157