GM food: Society could learn from BSE and CJD

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The genetically modified foods controversy is a dispute over the relative advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified (GM) food crops and other uses of genetically-modified organisms in food production. The dispute involves biotechnology companies, governmental regulators, non-governmental organizations and scientists. The dispute is most intense in Japan and Europe, where public concern about GM food is higher than in other parts of the world such as the United States. In the United States GM crops are more widely grown and the introduction of these products has been less controversial.

The key areas of political controversy related to genetically engineered food are food safety, the effect on natural ecosystems, gene flow into non GE crops and corporate control of the food supply. While it is not possible to make general statements on the safety of all GM foods, to date, no adverse health effects caused by products approved for sale have been documented, although two products failed initial safety testing and were discontinued, due to allergic reactions.

Most feeding trials have observed no toxic effects and saw that GM foods were equivalent in nutrition to unmodified foods, although a few non-peer-reviewed reports speculate physiological changes to GM food. Although there is now broad scientific consensus that GE crops on the market are safe to eat, some scientists and advocacy groups such as Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund call for additional and more rigorous testing before marketing genetically engineered food.

Present knowledge on GM food safety

Worldwide, there is a range of perspectives within non-governmental organizations on the safety of GM foods. For example, the US pro-GM group AgBioWorld has argued that GM foods have been proven safe,while other pressure groups and consumer rights groups, such as the Organic Consumers Association, and Greenpeace claim the long-term health risks which GM could pose, or the environmental risks associated with GM, have not yet been adequately investigated. In Japan, Consumers Union of Japan are opposed to GMO foods. They also claim that truly independent research in these areas is systematically blocked by the GM corporations which own the GM seeds and reference materials.


The European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation 2010 report on GMOs noted that "The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research, and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than e.g. conventional plant breeding technologies."

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[fireicer]

The USA is trying to get this banned once and for all and the UK supermarkets are trying to bring it in wtf is wrong here i ask you. we dont want it keep it banned. Were the consumer, voter people of the land and we say banned so take your unhealthy poison and keep it out of our food supply thats what i say.

[knave2]

Thanks for the info.