Only organic produce is “safe” because conventional produce contains glyphosate.
Fear of conventional produce often comes down to a fear of the world’s most popular synthetic weedkiller: Roundup (active ingredient, glyphosate). Organic foods do typically have lower levels of glyphosate than conventional…
Genetic engineering is just an extension of natural breeding.
Genetic engineering is very different from natural breeding and poses special risks. Natural breeding occurs between like life forms-a cat with a cat, not a cat with a dog or a tomato…
GM foods are strictly regulated for safety.
GM food regulation in most countries varies from non-existent (the U.S.) to weak. In the U.S. the FDA overruled its own scientists to form a GM policy, in the 1990s. The policy…
GM foods are safe to eat.
GM foods can be toxic or allergenic. Peer-reviewed studies have found serious, harmful effects on the health of livestock and lab animals fed GMOs.
GM Bt insecticidal crops harm only insects and are harmless to animals and people.
GM Bt insecticidal crops pose hazards to people and animals that ingest them. Findings include toxic effects on the small intestine, liver, kidney, spleen, and pancreas, and disturbances in the digestive and…
GM animal feed poses no risks to animal or human health.
GM feed affects the health of animals and may affect the humans who eat their products. Bt toxin protein has been found in the blood of pregnant women and the blood supply…
GM crops increase yield potential.
GM crops do not increase yield potential-and in many cases decrease it. Dr. Doug Gurian-Sherman: “Traditional breeding …can be solely credited with the intrinsic yield increases in the U.S. and other parts…
GM crops decrease pesticide use.
GM crops increase pesticide use. In the first 13 years since their introduction, in 1996, GM crops increased pesticide use by 383 million pounds.
No-till farming with GM crops is “environmentally friendly”.
Claims of environmental benefits are unsound. GM herbicide-tolerant crops, such as Roundup Ready soy, have increased the use of toxic chemicals and led to glyphosate-resistant superweeds. These superweeds and other pests now…
Roundup (Monsanto’s glyphosate) is a benign, biodegradable herbicide.
Roundup is not biodegradable, and was forced by law to remove that claim from its packaging. Roundup persists in the environment and has toxic effects on wildlife. Roundup (Glyphosate) is toxic, and…
