Spicy Tomatoes and 4 Other GMOs That Could Save Lives

Genetically modifying plants and animals is complicated business, but some scientists think this tool could be used to save lives in a variety of ways.
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[@karfsma778]

"most of them increase crop yield,... which leaves people asking 'what's in it for me'?" I dunno, how about "It increases crop yield, so you get to eat"

[@TheJacobshapiro]

100% agree. People need to understand that increased yield means cheaper food, which means less money spent on food and a higher standard of living because of the money saved. It also reduces environmental impact because less land needs to be cleared to produce the same amount of food.

[@FSXflyermaster]

They should put stickers on gmo foods stating they’re more environmentally friendly than organic foods.

[@funkysagancat3295]

I have one simple comentary about this and I completly understand any kind of backlash this can create. As stated in the video GMOs are tools and how they're used is the main thing, it's use that is to blame for any outcome not the technology, that said I will comment some reasons why one might argument against the consuption of GMOs products here in Brazil, this are not problems that necessarly will happen at USA or about disagreements with the scientific community but rather political and social reasons. Here in Brazil we have a huge problem with pesticides, the amount of them in the food we produce is absurdly high, the president of Anvisa (Brazilian equivalent of the FDA) did some capaigns to the public about the problem, I completly understand that is common to countries disagrre about the safe amount of a certain susbstance and about wich pestcides can or not be used, but for historic reasons we have the land in the hands of very few, this with the fact that a lot Brazil exportation consists of farm products, lead to some really powerfull people in the control of our food production, we happen to have here a huge economic pressure and as extent political power with the "Frente Parlamentar Agropecuária" with 207 (checked in 2016) deputies from the 513 of the National Congress, wich uses it's power to (something moraly ok) control the taxes to maximize the profit of these landowners but also to make it easier to them to do some nasty things such as using slave work, deflorestation and excessive use of pesticides. The amount of them in the food we make specialy to the inside market is way higher than the suposedly safe and there isn't much we can do to change it, so unfortunatly one worried with it's health might look for organic alternatives. I've already seen one papper wich says that GMOs lowered the amount pesticides used in some contries but there's a lot of speculation about It here in Brazil. There are some small iniciatives to a less agressive use of pesticides here but most of them have a focus on the organic side of all this, some of them also try to break this almost cartel by using some laws that may give land that is not being used to people in need, making some decentrilized food production without these "crimes" the cartel against the enviroment and the humanity (slavery-like work conditions) but they're too deeply connected with the organic movement. So we as people that have some basic understanding of the importance of science in our lives and the impact they have in the world should not ignore the social and political underliyngs of any context or problem. So it's basically that what I have to say. I understand that the scientific consensus is that pesticides in the correct amounts and GMOs (at least the tested cultivares) are safe to human consuption, I just want to make clear that this is not enough to give complete discredit about the organic movement

[@funkysagancat3295]

@@dorkwell You're completly right, I was talking about the non traditional methods, beyond artificial breeding, but you're right, it's important to make this fact clear.

[@notpulverman9660]

Unless you already grow all your own food from seeds you inherited from your grandpappy, you are enjoying the fruits of GMO labor

[@jonathanschmidt7874]

The war against golden rice is nothing short of a crime. It costs lives.

[@FaultAndDakranon]

Jonathan Schmidt Green Peace should know better.

[@azmanabdula]

What does it taste like?

[@BillyDrakePianoMan]

It tastes like rice.

[@Hylianmonkeys]

@@azmanabdula just normal rice

[@emancoy]

I was infuriated that the golden rice being propagated in the Philippines where pulled out from the ground by a bunch of misinformed farmers lead by greenpeace. As a filipino myself, I now strongly oppose greenpeace and anti-gmo assholes.

[@Eyerleth]

I keep all my genetically modified vegetables in the CRISPR drawer.

[@janehoe.]

UNDERRATED COMMENT!

[@Inlieuofsue]

🤣

[@McampanellaWork]

You're a hero!

[@robinhyperlord9053]

Brits beat yankies!

[@ryanbrizzolara5376]

I laughed very hard at this!

[@incsy320]

"Japanese drug making chickens" Life has officially become anime.

[@ABlueOrb]

The end is nigh.

[@The_Void_Alchemist]

Look out for the next step, drug dealing chickens

[@TonboIV]

Not yet. They haven't genetically engineered cat girls.

[@The_Void_Alchemist]

@@TonboIV the legal and moral issues of this would be neverending. Some people want to OWN them. Is that slavery? Are they intelligent? I know what they are up to and i'm pretty sure that its bestiality

[@rutythegames]

It would be so funny if the monster girls from monster musume were real lol hahahha

[@pay1370]

Just when you think you've seen it all, they hit you with hypoallergenic cows

[@limiv5272]

There are also hypoallergenic cats!

[@pay1370]

@@limiv5272 omg what?? Tell me more

[@limiv5272]

There's a protein in a cat's saliva that some people are allergic to. Since cats constantly lick their fur, their hair induces allergy in those people. There was some company that found some mutant cats that don't produce it and started breeding and selling them, though I forgot the name and just now couldn't find it in a quick google search. Of course, those cats aren't GMO and some people could be allergic to other feline proteins, but I think they count. Sphinx cats, on the other hand, I wouldn't count, they terrify me.

[@janmacgregor5131]

@@limiv5272 You were thinking of either Allerca, Felix Pets, or Indoor Biotechnologies, none of whom have been able to show results, sadly. Found it using advanced search, super useful for researching! :) www.technologyreview.com/s/611671/dont-hold-your-breath-for-allergy-free-cats/

[@ooooneeee]

I am not convinced those are feasible since in their experiments they got more casein in the milk instead, which is also an allergen. If the cow keeps replacing the eliminated proteins with more of others then those could all cause allergies in turn (most allergens are proteins).

[@glenngriffon8032]

Anti-Vaxxer: I refuse to vaccinate my children! They'll have autism! Doctor: Alright then. Sorry. Have a banana.

[@Gnoggin]

Remember, not all GMOs are bad, but also, not all GMOs are good. Absolutes are incredibly rare.

[@FIXTREME]

I'll take the 99%, thank you

[@magisterrleth3129]

I do like the sound of spicy tomatoes.

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

Yes, we need more people on the spice train.

[@BothHands1]

Yeah, that sounds delicious

[@neskey]

s🅱icy t🅾m8oes 👌👌🔥🔥

[@eidolor]

Hearing about them is fine, excreting is where the pain will be

[@magisterrleth3129]

@@eidolor I've eaten enough Habaneros and novelty hot sauces to be well-acquainted with firehole. I will endure.

[@starshot5172]

Edible vaccines sound like something the Facebook crowd could get furious about

[@TitanUranusOfficial]

Just tell them edible vaccines balance your chakras and prove Flat Earth, they'll get behind it.

[@JosephDavies]

It will definitely lead to conspiracies about the government hiding vaccines in food to "poison/control/etc" people (if they aren't already convinced this is happening).

[@kamikon755]

Bananas cause autism!!! Spread the word.

[@JosephDavies]

@@kamikon755 Really though, don't.

[@TitanUranusOfficial]

@kami kon that would be hilarious if it wasn't for the fact that so many would believe it. Wait...want to do a social media blitz? We could sell bananas short on the commodities market and make a mint!

[@weldmaster80]

I love that line, you know what's less expensive than a mechanical bio reactor.... A chicken 🐔 lol

[@FairMiles]

Old news. A couple of chickens already made fortunes delivering drugs: "Los Pollos Hermanos"

[@vincentchen7400]

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[@celtgunn9775]

Selective bred animals are "Genetically Modified" as well. Corn is also a Genetically modified species. We humans have genetically modified many different types of things.

[@kylec8015]

Isn't that conflating something that happened over thousands of years and something done with more immediate genetic modifications?

[@sahinyasar9119]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqKyd4iehZuWjc0 This is true selective bred

[@nolanwestrich2602]

ALL DOGS ARE GMO! EVERYBODY KILL ALL YOUR DOGS!

[@armas_ectos]

From a scientific standpoint, they're not the same. Selective breeding only uses genetic code a species would have anyway, Genetic Modification adds genes that wouldn't necessarily be there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

That’s called domestication and selecctive breeding.

[@GreatWhiteElf]

Olivia has been killing it with these recent scishow episodes. Keep up the awesome work!

[@WhichDoctor1]

+

[@Reinforce_Zwei]

She really hasn't though. She still presents like she's reading from a screen and her jerky head movements are her feeble attempt to disguise it. Ah but, I must just hate women right? I mean, it's not like Scishow space has a female presenter who is leaps and bounds better than Olivia. Nah, must just be sexism as Olivia has tried to claim a million times.

[@turksandwich7538]

@@Reinforce_Zwei She is 100% not cut for this type of work.

[@189Blake]

@@Reinforce_Zwei Oh really? I had no idea. Where exactly she claimed it was sexism?

[@Lady_Jay42]

I thought she did really well also. Miles better than when she started out.

[@ReddFoxx1562]

I genuinely enjoy the lack over dramatic overenthusiastic delivery by this host.

[@ezyglide0909]

ReddFoxx1562 you know now that you mention it, that’s a good point and I agree. Too often other show hosts give a false sense of hope for something really cool and exciting, only to find out said revolutionary science has still long ways to go

[@ReddFoxx1562]

@@ezyglide0909 There's another female host that is just disgustingly exuberant.

[@KnightRaymund]

There's Brit on SciShow Psych and Caitlin on SciShow Space. They are GREAT hosts!

[@ReddFoxx1562]

@@KnightRaymund Incorrect; Caitlin is the one I was referring to. Her delivery is so ridiculously over the top that it's distracting.

[@JBAIMARK3]

I don't dislike her tone but I personally I had to turn it to 1.25 speed as she does talk a little slowly

[@herranton]

Call me when the chickens already have the hot sauce running through their veins...

[@kiraPh1234k]

I know it seems off topic, but if we made such spicy chickens, they would have to be immune to capsaicin so their immune system didn't kill them. That means if we ever had them, we would have a way to make things immune to capsaicin. Imagine how non lethal weaponry would have to evolve when pepper spray doesn't work anymore

[@YounesLayachi]

@@kiraPh1234k pepper spray isn't exactly capsaicin

[@johnpossum556]

I tried to get my local Whole Foods Market to carry Golden Rice and they wouldn't have it. GR also donates to helping the children overseas who are at higher risk for blindness from Vit A deficiency.

[@TitanUranusOfficial]

They're probably worried they'll drive off some customers. I've always said that a smart grocery chain would have a separate GMO area for enthusiastic supporters (AKA bright people) while letting the silly people feel proud of themselves for buying less healthful variants.

[@Blemery1]

While golden rice was approved by FDA, in order to help valdiate it for other countries, it probably will never be sold here. It also doesn't produce enough beta-caterone to have any affect in America. The counties that need it eat 25 times more rice than the typical American diet. So the levels of beta-caterone are very low.

[@TitanUranusOfficial]

@Bernadette Emery Although that makes some sense (I live on the gulf coast and maybe we eat more rice than most of you, although certainly not as much as in Africa and SouthEast Asia even so) I wonder if most Americans actually do get enough Vitamin A. I seldom see most people eat carrots or yams here.

[@JoshFromGA]

@@Blemery1 too low? You can get the beta-carotene DRI in 2 cups of golden rice. Not that hard a hurdle to clear, if the detractors would let it be implemented.

[@johnpossum556]

@@TitanUranusOfficial Well I stopped shopping at WFM for a variety of reasons. This may sound crazy but I hear the backstory is that Americans used to give Vit A shots to kids but too many foreigners thought those shots contained trackers so the foreigners stopped accepting the Vit A shots.

[@trelligan42]

Another point for using bananas; they no longer reproduce in the wild. We've modified this breed so far that it no longer produces viable seeds, and depends on us to propagate it. This means the modified version won't take over and overdose everyone.

[@JBAIMARK3]

Great point

[@charlesmrader]

Many wild bananas are still found in India. There are two ways that seedless varieties of bananas come into being. One way is a natural mutation in the wild. That can only reproduce by cloning so natural selection would probably eliminate it except if a human farmer discovers it, likes the seedless trait and reproduces it by cloning. The other way is when selective breeding produces a banana with valuable traits like taste, disease immunity, etc., crop scientists can expose it to a chemical called colchicine. The normal wild banana has two of each kind of chromosome and the colchicine causes it to have four of each kind of chromosome. Then a cross between they two types gives a fruit with three of each chromosome, which is sterile, seedless. All bananas we grow are reproduced by cloning.

[@mrtalos]

I can remember learning about golden rice in college nearly 10 years ago. Had to write a paper on it and was heavily influenced by the professor to be negative about its impact. There are definitely problems in the education system. Explains why a few years ago, even this show had bias about it.

[@Eddygeek18]

i am 100% for GMO's and have no problems with buying anything GMO

[@stabinojablonski]

135 People are apparently not.

[@emsulich]

I would be if it didn't support super evil corporations (Monsanto).

[@speedy01247]

Similar, it is stupid to think that GMO's are naturally evil. Test and experiment, once it is properly tweaked and safe, then produce.

[@jabingox772]

@@speedy01247its complex. people still dont know if eggs are healthy. And you also have to consider the health of the whole ecosystem with gmo

[@ulyaoth3579]

@@lostpockets2227 Your ignorant comment is proof of your stupidity. Stop being petty and actually learn something. The rays of the sun can cause cancer you going to ban the sun?

[@RampinRabit]

Waiting for them to create a mango flavoured watermelon 😋

[@matthewstephens6502]

Watermelon sized mango would be fine too

[@ricoanderson6626]

Im personally waiting for a Watermelon-sized Green Grape

[@w2338]

rico anderson walking around with a fat slice of grape would be good

[@LordZeebee]

Oh boi, the antivaxxers are gonna go bannanas when they see this

[@feyh]

You said tomato, tobacco and transgenic in the same video. You know what it means? TOMACCO!

[@dzigayu4944]

Gonna smoke that tomato pal?

[@tracy9610]

The Simpsons!

[@EpicB]

One person did grow tomacco for real.

[@robertt9342]

TO-MACCO! 🐏

[@marshdpotatoes3273]

Reference to the simpsons! NICE!

[@Gamerkat10]

I hadn't ever heard of the golden rice debate- now I'm furious about the naysayers. What the actual hell??? It's just got some vitamin A in it! This is a matter of saving children! Also, this isn't relevant really, but I love your hair today, it looks great!

[@Nmethyltransferase]

Then one day, some scientists in Japan apparently thought, "You know what's less expensive than a mechanical bioreactor? A chicken." I like this anime because it's so realistic!

[@user255]

Bigger yields = less deforestation, Bt crops = less pesticides, etc. They are *not* just for profit!!!

[@FaultAndDakranon]

user255 Yup. The West has forgotten the Green Revolution that saved India.

[@JeremyWS]

This is why I like to point out that GMOs aren't a bad thing to my health conscious friends. They rarely believe me, even when I show them science to back it up. Typical!

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

because the vast majority of people don't understand science, don't want to, and only listen to their friendly neighborhood witch doctor!

[@theofficialsn4rz232]

WElcome in the life of a vegan Molecularbiologist xD

[@trolleyfan]

"What's in it for me?" Well, not starving to death comes to mind...

[@bergonius]

True

[@Nattely]

not having to pay a fortune comes to mind too

[@phillipnunya6793]

"There are all kinds of GMOs on the horizon that are designed to save human lives rather than line pockets." GMOs are already saving human lives by being cheaper with higher yields and more resilience.

[@neskey]

does anyone else think she kind of looks like the Mona Lisa ? it can't be only me i mean even the skin tone matches.....

[@1MarkKeller]

I see it.

[@opalescence5544]

Mark Keller same

[@michellebadillo7574]

Yaaas

[@KooblyK]

Great animations for protein synthesis! Very informative for being so concise, A+

[@nhokonhokopuala]

Those bananas if they were already in production would make a world of difference in Mozambique right now, due to the flood there are already cholera cases, alarming numbers as a matter of fact.

[@davidlium9338]

Clean water and sewerage would solve that problem!

[@bongobongo3661]

Olivia is one of my favorite hosts on Scishow. But my favorite will always be Hank because he's spawned meme characters like Muscle and Hustle Hank.

[@lysak89]

Yes! She quickly became a fave. They're all good, but Hank and Olivia are my favorites

[@alsiniz]

Olivia's pacing is the best. Hank and Michael race through the script in a way that honestly makes me uncomfortable if not straight up agitated.

[@flake452]

GMO's don't simply line pockets though, they increase supply thus lowering prices.

[@stephenmiller9009]

Nothing in the stores have gone down in prices except ramen noodles and Gatorade. There are still starving people we could just give the extras too, but instead we throw away what we can, force foods on school children who will just throw them away, yes, they call security over refusing a food option I've had it happen to me, keep dreaming, though.

[@advancedlamb]

Depends what the wealth hoarders/capital owners/IP owners decide to do. They can literally get people killed through their decisions to line their pockets rather than lower price or pay their workers better

[@flake452]

You may not think prices have came down but that's probably because of inflation. In real terms food prices have came down.

[@LENZ5369]

Generally speaking: this is the cheapest, most plentiful and supply stable our food has been in human history. It's not adequate; let alone perfect but is has never been better.

[@leninthebeaniesouhacker.2459]

@@LENZ5369 yeah, just like every other human advancement, it's not perfect, but it's better then what was before that.

[@frotwithdanger]

Hey antivaxers, I got a nice, spicy banana for you

[@BigIggy]

Tobacco helping prevent Ebola sounds like a 1920's cigarette ad lmao! In all seriousness this is awesome, it's good to hear of the major advantages and improvements on quality of life that gene editing can provide! Thanks for another amazing video guys, keep up the good work! Knowledge truly is powerful.

[@ultimateo621]

Didn’t capsaicin evolve as a pesticide? Why are hot peppers especially vulnerable to pests

[@brandonkelley6500]

I think something I've seen in the past was it was actually a protection against fungus... But pest-protection sounds familiar too

[@kamikaze1827]

Loving your presentation in your new videos, Olivia. I know you get a lot of tough criticism on this channel, yet your presentation skills keep steadily and noticeably improving. Your diligence and commitment has not only earned my respect (which isn't what's important here), but epitomizes the spirit of science communication and science itself. Much love.

[@jeffreywickens3379]

I've never had anything to criticize about her, except that ski cap she's wearing.

[@Torlonus]

"The only GMO widely known about is the one that increased yield" Why wouldn't we want more food, world hunger is still a thing... Then again a case I've heard against GMOs is the ones that make the plant more resistant to herbicides and pesticides which can lead to farmers using too much and it getting into our food, which is known to be bad. And yet even here the problem isn't the GMOs it's the high use of herbicides and pesticides...

[@Knirin]

Torlonus specifically the problem is that there aren’t limits because we engineered one plant to resist the poison so we can keep upping the dose on the resistant weeds consequences be damned.

[@altrag]

Increased food yields are fine. Its the increased lawsuit yields that are the real problem.

[@o76923]

It may sound strange but there isn't a shortage of food globally. We produce more than enough calories to feed everyone on the planet with a comfortable buffer. The problems are distribution, preferences for inefficient food in post-industrial countries, and economic incentives. So while making more food more cheaply might help, it's no guarantee since it doesn't address the underlying problems.

[@paytyler]

I'm here to set the record straight about herbicide use. I've been involved with sugar beet production since I was 12 or so, and herbicide use is a *very* small fraction of what it used to be. You used to spray your beet ground with 24D and glycophosphate or Landmaster before you planted, then you spray your beets multiple times with Upbeat, Starane, Pyramin, just to name SIX. AND THEN, you still have to hire a crew to go into the field to manually remove weeds, and by the end of the year, your beets are so battered and beaten that they don't yield anything special. Then Roundup ready beets came, you sprayed them once or twice during the year and you're done. The sugar beets literally get sprayed with ounces of herbicide per acre per year as opposed to gallons. The sugar beets my dad and various employers raise yield about double the sugar beets that my grandpa farmed. I don't know why people think we GM crops to use more herbicide. Perhaps someone has a financial interest in world hunger. Herbicide is expensive, you save money by using less.

[@altrag]

@@paytyler Interesting. I've never heard that argument before. Usually what I hear is not so much "use more fertilizer," its "use more Round-up," with the not-so-subtle implication that we're selling our food security to one or two massive global companies that care neither about your beets nor about the end consumer, as long as the money keeps flowing in. But I imagine most people (including myself, apparently) had no idea how much chemicals were in use before Round-up to do the same job. Generally speaking, I'm a proponent of GMO research. There's a lot of potential to do a lot of good there and while we certainly shouldn't throw caution to the wind, I think we should be trying to figure out ways to incentivize these big companies to research more things like golden rice (that will help the world) and decentivize things like terminator genes (which is purely negative to everyone other than their investors.)

[@Guru_1092]

Saving human lives and lining pockets can be the exact same thing for some companies though. *COUGH COUGH EPI-PEN MAKERS COUGH*

[@RussellRoefer]

Great content. I love the topics and presentation you run on this channel.

[@jiffyb333]

So interesting, thanks for making this video :)

[@Raphaelo325]

A truly brilliant presentation! You taught this biologist a thing or two! Thank you very much for scientifically challenging stereotypes! Cheers!

[@johnpossum556]

One question about the spicy tomatoes: Will the seeds be hot, too? Because I love hot foods and always use the seeds of the hot pepper.

[@robrod7120]

John Possum In peppers, the seeds have no heat on their own, its actually the white part that the seeds are on that carries the most heat. Im guessing it should be the same with tomatoes

[@BRUXXUS]

One of the most fascinating SciShow episodes to me in a long time. Not sure why I waited so long to watch it!

[@angelvivero7325]

This has to be the best video ive seen. Keep up the good work. Also can we get scishow in other languages please

[@DullFiction]

not gonna lie, tomatoes really need a revamp

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

@iamihop everything that isn't spicy needs a revamp, the only thing that would disagree is my butt hole

[@dipp1511]

there's plenty of delicious heirloom tomatoes like brandywine and black krim. But yeah, spicy tomatoes will be cool, I hope it's not a patented GMO and anyone can be able to grow it

[@Alitheone6618]

Olivia, can I just say, your getting quite good at this. Good job

[@mauriciomanassero4502]

This is really good to know! Thank you SciShow 😀

[@prashantvicky]

Edible vaccine sounds really a novel idea. Some kids are afraid of innoculation, these futuristic edible vaccines will be better for them.

[@Nwmguy]

Japanese Drug Chickens. New band name. Called it

[@ChristophelusPulps]

Also... so THAT'S HOW you pronounce "capsaicin." I've been doing it wrong for years.

[@janehoe.]

No, no you haven't

[@makoy94]

Not exactly. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH_FZouLapaUfcU

[@LawrenceKassab]

Thanks Olivia, this was enlightening.

[@justincase5948]

GMO was, is and will be best solution for world hunger. Thank you science!

[@virutech32]

@illyounotme the problem tends to be that with the higher & higher levels of urbanization alongside a deteriorating climatic situtation, local production starts lookin mighty unsustainable. though maybe with some advances in agricultural robotics, gmo's, & renewable energy technologies it might be possible to grow things at sufficient density & yields but i wouldn't hold my breath

[@virutech32]

@illyounotme im not saying its impossible to do just increasingly difficult. one has to take into account the changing environment especially near urban areas. higher temperatures, less rainfall, unstable temperatures. these things are making the less intensive/technological methods of farming less economical. doesn't matter if its doable if it cant compete with industrial methods economically or ecologically.

[@wesleykoning2582]

how is bigger crop yield bad for the image? its a good thing more food on less field!

[@zebedeesummers4413]

Yeah I was watching and thinking, great cheaper food!

[@bergonius]

Exactly. More food is less price, less pollution, less land footprint, less water necessary and so on. How is anybody could think it's a bad thing?

[@TheNightwalker247]

The problem is not the bigger yield but rather the contracts forcing the farmers to only use those seeds. And to get money to survive they have to buy really expensive GMO seeds (wich aren't adapted to local climate that well). And instead of growing multiple different crops and livestock they now have a single crop and if that fails they are screwed because they have nothing to feed their family. If on a diverse farm one crop fails it isn't so bad because they can still feed their family a diverse nutritional diet.

[@crackedemerald4930]

Genetic engineering is basically coding with DNA

[@damionmurray8244]

Hmmm...at some point we'll understand genetic programming well enough to transpile javascript to a literal gene based application...let that sink in for a minute

[@justkev633]

yes, now if only we could convince these idiots to let us use cheats already

[@makoy94]

r/showerthoughts

[@tiemekoenders2853]

@@justkev633 cheater

[@channelbangmamat7119]

Except when you make bugs, you make monsters instead 😲

[@danielsancarter]

If I remember correctly capsaicin also slows decomposition and bacterial and mold growth and predators also don't like it . So having spicy tomatoes would be healthier and they would last longer. So we would be healthier, less would have to be thrown out and crop yields would likely increase. That's a win win win in my book.

[@angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474]

Here in Puerto Rico we paint our rice yellow. Golden rice seems like an awesome alternative to have so it can look more golden, beautiful and delicious. I haven't try it but I hope to do it one day.

[@AngryDuck79]

Increasing yields save human lives too, dammit. I hate how people keep implying that "growing more wheat" is only to "line pockets." More wheat means cheaper prices which means wider consumer base which means more people can afford to buy bread. And that goes for everything else. It's not about lining pockets. That's simply a side effect. Jesus.

[@MrSlosh]

This comment is completely unnecessary and unrelated to the content in this video. I usually keep these on as an audio background and don't have time to watch the video. But I like the style update of the host so just wanted the hair looks nice!

[@nileshnath541]

Well researched and presented.

[@EVEspinosa79]

I am always thankful for this kind of vids. People use terms like Non-GMO as if GMO meant not healthy or monopoly. And in a non-related matter: Olivia´s highlight, though!

[@christelheadington1136]

About those oral vaccines; being an old lady I remember An oral polio vaccine.Why was it replaced with a shot?

[@TPishek]

Christel Headington The oral vaccine has more potential for side effects and bad reactions including paralysis, since it contains live attenuated (weakened) viruses. The injected vaccine contains dead viruses which is safer. However the injected form costs $25-50 per dose, so in developing countries they still use the oral form which is only $0.25 per dose!

[@LENZ5369]

Apparently there was a small chance that it would end up giving you Polio, so now it has mostly been replaced.

[@christelheadington1136]

Thanks, I kind of figured that,but it's been a long time.

[@khettel671]

Anti GMO activists share the same energy as anti vaxxers in my opinion. "I do not understand it therefore it is bad"

[@josephisrael8959]

same with the Anti-nuclear energy types

[@khettel671]

True. Although there are a few real examples of nuclear going wrong, the practice has gotten much safer to the point where it's a very viable source of energy. But there haven't been any big oopsies in the world of GMOs to scare everybody away from them. So what gives? I obviously don't support the fuckery of large companies patenting seeds and sueing farmers who had seeds blown into their field, but I believe that it's a very important tool that could open up so many opportunities for our society.

[@jabingox772]

And gmo supporters are kind of like vegans. Jumping the gun trying to save the world while not considering the whole picture. Im not anti gmo but avoid as much as i can

[@wasd____]

@@khettel671 Oddly enough, even the "suing farmers" line doesn't ring true. It turns out that, despite the claims from the anti-GMO side, there haven't actually been any lawsuits filed against farmers who had pollen or seed accidentally blown into their field which unintentionally caused GMOs to grow in them. The only actual lawsuits filed have been against a tiny number of farmers who deliberately re-planted entire crops with seed they knew was patented and then tried to lie about it and claimed it was non-GMO to avoid paying royalties they had previously agreed to pay. Not that I wholly agree with being able to patent seeds, either, but that's sort of a different issue; the point is that the only people who've been sued were deliberate cheaters trying to defraud GMO developers, not farmers who just had a few stray GM plants growing through honest unawareness.

[@michaelerbs2123]

I don’t think you fully understand lol

[@spifer2633]

I love your channels advocation of GMO's. And how they are key to helping push health and longevity in people.

[@DeRien8]

As long as the edible vaccines don't make people's immune systems also associate the target with the food source, and make someone allergic to that food independent of the disease agent marker.

[@celinak5062]

+

[@adamphilip1623]

Is it just me or is Olivia still actually glowing?!

[@miriam7872]

She totally does! that's some serious skin-goals here

[@Subparanon]

The first time a human being crossbred a plant to get a bigger plant, GMO's were invented. Most of the foods we eat were never found in their current state in nature. Corn used to be the size of your thumb. Bananas used to be smaller and mostly full of seeds. Almost every fruit and vegetable in the grocery store is descended from a wild counter part that was smaller, less sweet, and less edible. GMO is not a dirty word. GMO is what makes it possible for us to feed the world and with lest pesticides, chemicals, and a smaller environmental footprint. As long as modifications are open to peer review, products are clearly labeled, and food safety is placed above profits, I don't see anything wrong with them.

[@Le0L0mas]

Crossbreeding and genetically modifying are completely different things. The plant makes the decision in breeding, the scientist makes the decision in modifying.

[@xck]

Wait, wouldn’t those vaccines make you allergic to bananas?

[@JosephDavies]

I'm assuming they won't be sold as snacks, but as a portable, stable, and edible way to deliver the vaccine to people at a specific dosage.

[@kaleofthegods]

7:18 Zinc finger nucleases. That'd be a rad name for a band.

[@arnorrian1]

I want the GMO purple-on-the-inside tomato to be released already!

[@celinak5062]

Purple ketchup! Tho without the patents (tm)

[@Houdini111]

Seems genetic engineering is further along than I had been led to believe.

[@herbwag6456]

Spicy tomatoes yes! But as a gardener we need disease and frost proof tomato plants even more!

[@FaultAndDakranon]

Herb Wag You need a glass house :)

[@janicemaceachern1004]

That was very thought prrovoking.

[@1MarkKeller]

Olivia is looking goooooood!

[@valentia1752]

As an environmental studies major, I am so thankful for this video. Most of my professors don’t often discuss GMOs, but they undermine it by supporting organic produce. Most of my colleagues are against gmos, but when I ask them about golden rice, they have no idea what I’m talking about. I’d also like to mention the importance for gmos for resistance to combat climate change and to help humans become multiplanetary.

[@adrianned4230]

I can understand some concerns with genetically modified foods but not excluding food because it's modified. E.g. Tomatoes are a form of nightshade we selectedly breeded to be non-deadly. No one calls them GMOs but they are.

[@lorenh763]

Could they produce vegetables lower in anti-nutrients such as lectins, phytate and oxylate?

[@speedy01247]

probably.

[@isamuranable]

B-b-b-but I saw on this one blog post that anything labeled GMO is b-b-b-bad for you!

[@thepurityofchaos]

B-b-but everything's a GMO so yer mum's bad for you

[@isamuranable]

@@thepurityofchaos I was being sarcastic btw

[@thepurityofchaos]

@@isamuranable So was I.

[@TheRparadox]

Olivia wears motherhood well.

[@llamafromspace]

This is so cool!

[@matteofabbris7877]

meanwhile I'll keep eating food treated with gamma rays

[@nikanj]

12:23 Hmm. Lung cancer or Ebola? Tough choice :P.

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

I would rather have Ebola than being in the late stage of cancer or even having it at all without knowing

[@Maxjoker98]

Capsaicin fights tumors? Sean Evans is going to live forever...

[@Lyd.is.living]

Digging the Carhartt beanie!

[@koshka1394]

Glad to see this site is now embracing GMOs in a healthy way with a good amount of skepticism instead of the 1st "knee-jerk scary" video you made in this topic (:

[@Primordial_Radiance]

I wish you guys would make more videos like this. Fight the stigmas.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"There are all kinds of GMOs on the horizon that are designed to save human lives rather than line pockets." Let's not talk about these two acts, though, as if they are necessarily at odds.

[@HeavyMettaloid]

This is really cool stuff

[@flyingspaghettimonster8736]

I really want to try some of these foods

[@seanc6128]

If you have the privilege to ask "what's in it for me" then it does not matter what is in it for you. It matters to the people who do not have the socio-economic station to influence how they live.

[@evila9076]

People who don't understand anything about GMOs have already started disliking.

[@michaelschild8289]

What are we supposed to understand dear?

[@brandonwiebe2647]

Michael's Child what he’s saying is that some people read the word “GMO” and immediately think it’s bad.

[@michaelschild8289]

@@brandonwiebe2647 Gen tech companies made a bad name for GMO plants by arm forcing farmers not willing to engage. No one asked them to do anything really except not to invade space they were not invited into. Further it is still not clear if the plant properties are actually able to surpass hosts digestive system and influence gene expression in humans. What are potential long term effects of such a process? So before actually claiming something will be beneficial more serious issues should be addressed...

[@michaelschild8289]

@@brandonwiebe2647 Not to mention that in reply to BNF 000158, FDA on May, 24, 2018, stated that the concentration of beta carotene in golden rice is too low to warrant a nutrient content claim. Someone should do homework first.

[@dettol7245]

@@brandonwiebe2647 Those are old people I know what gmo is And its not good And its not a opinion so you can disagree with me It is what it is

[@paytyler]

I'm here to set the record straight about herbicide use. I've been involved with sugar beet production since I was 12 or so, and herbicide use is a very small fraction of what it used to be. You used to spray your beet ground with 24D and glycophosphate or Landmaster before you planted, then you spray your beets multiple times with Upbeat, Starane, Pyramin, just to name SIX. AND THEN, you still have to hire a crew to go into the field to manually remove weeds, and by the end of the year, your beets are so battered and beaten that they don't yield anything special. Then Roundup ready beets came, you sprayed them once or twice during the year and you're done. The sugar beets literally get sprayed with ounces of herbicide per acre per year as opposed to gallons. The sugar beets my dad and various employers raise yield about double the sugar beets that my grandpa farmed. I don't know why people think we GM crops to use more herbicide. Perhaps someone has a financial interest in world hunger. Herbicide is expensive, you save money by using less. EDIT: Fact check, Starane is actually used for wheat, but I had omitted Progress, which was sprayed weekly for about 2 1/2 months. Ethro or Nortron are other chemicals I omitted. And Round-up is sprayed as much as three times.

[@jaywatson8720]

paytyler you wouldn’t believe how many anti GMO activist are also pro population control. The most effective way next to war and disease to limit population is famine.

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

My Wife got her PhD creating one of the first GMOs in the early 1980s. She put a gene for insect resistance (from a wild type) back into a food crop that had had it bread out of. That’s not dangerous in any way.

[@2drealms196]

We know even CRISPR changes more genes and traits than the target location. 20 years prior to CRISPR they were using gene guns and viral vectors to insert genes and give traits to crop which were even less accurate and more prone to side effects. We don't know the impact that could have to the crops.

[@shoberino3898]

Why don’t we gmo grass to always grow the right height?

[@Roll587]

I think it might mean the grass wouldn't be able to reproduce.

[@proximacentauri8038]

@@Roll587 why?

[@Roll587]

@@proximacentauri8038 Grass doesn't produce seeds until it gets pretty tall.

[@coffee115]

That's a spicy Meatball!!

[@danboyle116]

My two problems with GMO's have always been that the FDA let the companies do their own testing with absolutely no oversight and then corporations like Monsanto and others would force farmers to buy seeds that can't reproduce. They have to buy new seed every season and they economic captives without options.

[@brianmccarrier1605]

There's actually a fair amount of testing: grist.org/food/the-gm-safety-dance-whats-rule-and-whats-real/ and there has never been a GMO for sale modified to be sterile. Also most farmers buy new seed every year anyway, GMO or not. Seed saving for a farm is a lot more complex, time consuming, and costly than for your garden, so most farmers just get new seed every year to save themselves the hassle (and have someone to blame if something is wrong with the seed).

[@artificialidiot1654]

GMO is just combining two food into one.

[@bluchicken_995]

Artificial Idiot ?

[@spl152db]

The product was never the problem, but how Monsanto controls the seeds and the use of them.

[@brianmccarrier1605]

Honestly, most of that is overblown too.

[@TheVGMajor]

Most stuff you hear about Monsanto is misinformation, but nice try.

[@EZtheGreat1]

Is it just me or this girl get more and more beautiful with the years? And thnx for the info

[@1MarkKeller]

I know right? Olivia is beautiful.

[@BillySugger1965]

Gorgeous with her hair down. Glasses or not. But the beanie’s not my thing. Still, great presentation and great content. I guess that’s what matters. I’m only human though...

[@rkpetry]

*_...imagine a world where tomatoes taste like tabouli-avocado-bacon-mayonnaise-hamburger-tomatoes without the vinaigre because eating layers is extra work for children who can't buy enough good food..._*

[@mcfridger]

All the life saving stuff is great, but you had me at spicy tomatoes and spicy ketchup.