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Somewhere in St. Louis, teams of scientists and corporate executives are hard at work devising the next generation of food. The crops they create will be more resistant to drought, sweeter, longer ...
Jeffrey M. Smith (born 1958) is an American consumer activist, [2] self-published author, and former politician. [3] [4] He is the author of two books on genetically engineered foods, Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You’re Eating, and Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives, which he made into a film in 2012.
They believe that genetically modified foods are a corporate plot, led by the giant multinational Monsanto, to profit off unhealthy food. [ 14 ] Uscinski, writing for Politico in the context of the 2016 United States presidential election , identified GMO conspiracy theories as one of the "honorable mentions" appended to his list of the "five ...
Specifically, Smith says, GMO foods are “engineered in a way that resists the pesticides that are used,” which means you may be exposed to more pesticides than with conventional crops.
Food writer Michael Pollan does not oppose eating genetically modified foods, but supports mandatory labeling of GM foods and has criticized the intensive farming enabled by certain GM crops, such as glyphosate-tolerant ("Roundup-ready") corn and soybeans. [52]
The genetic makeup of a soybean gives it a wide variety of uses, thus keeping it in high demand. First, manufacturers only wanted to use transgenics to be able to grow more soybeans at a minimal cost to meet this demand, and to fix any problems in the growing process, but they eventually found they could modify the soybean to contain healthier components, or even focus on one aspect of the ...
In the context of agriculture and food and feed production, co-existence means using cropping systems with and without genetically modified crops in parallel. In some countries, such as the United States, co-existence is not governed by any single law but instead is managed by regulatory agencies and tort law.
Séralini also released a book and documentary film about the study in conjunction with the press conference. [ 6 ] Following widespread criticism by scientists, Food and Chemical Toxicology retracted the paper in November 2013 after the authors refused to withdraw it. [ 7 ]