The real problem with GMO Food

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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the real problem with GMO food, also known as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Specifically, we look at whether GMOs and GMO foods are actually bad both for the environment and for your health. GMOs and genetically modified food like soybeans or corn have long raised the ire of non-GMO food activists because they are supposedly frankenfood that will poison us, as a result, they embrace organic foods. GMO advocates champion genetically modified food as a way to combat climate change, solve environmental issues, and solve world hunger. There are truths and fallacies both of the extremes of the GMO debate, but the reality is, and really the core problem with GMOs is not the technology or the genetically modified food itself, but what GMOs and genetically modified foods are used and controlled. Monsanto's BT and HT crops are a perfect example of how GMO foods are used to create monopolies of environmental destruction.
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Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
What is a GMO? - 1:15
The GMO debate - 2:39
The real problem with GMOs - 6:18
Are there other solutions? - 8:19
Sponsored message - 10:29
Outro - 11:39
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[@OurChangingClimate]

🍎 There's a lot of info out there about GMOs, so treat this video as the beginning of your research--not the end. Read more and let me know what you think of GMOs in the comments below! 💡 I just did a video on Monsanto that you can check out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5SVk5aJirKnhLM

[@djssdns]

From the Philippines, Bicol is pronounced bee-kol. Long time fan here. Love your work

[@guillermoblanco286]

I personally think the video you did on Monsanto is a bit off. You present a dichotomy that isn't quite there, as if the only alternative to what Monsanto offers is organic self sustained agriculture. In the same way that doctors decide when, what and how to prescribe medicine, there should be people doing the same for plants. As everyone knows, they're mutiple ways of preventing and fighting plages, weeds and diseases crops might have; and there're thousands if not millions of varieties of each crop that are adapted to every single location where they've ever been produced. It's an oversimplifaction of a very convoluted mater, and the alternative you present as the only viable solution is, in my opinion, going too far back in the past.

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

@@popeyegordon Ah, there we the Popeye AGAIN!! Just 4 u , Popeye, got the burn-salve ready? Already identified the videographer in public? Illegal on YT, but you live above THAT , don't ya? HERE ARE 6 GMO FACTS: 1)ZERO CLINICAL HUMAN TRIALS, ZERO CONTROLLED EMPIRICAL DATA, UNQUANTIFIED HUMAN RISK IN GMO FOOD. 2) CODEX ALIMENTARIUS RECOMMENDS HUMAN SAFETY TESTS FOR GMO FOODS...NONE EVER DONE!! 3) THE PRO-GMO GLP BLOG: 8.7% OF GOV'T FUNDED ANIMAL STUDIES ON FDA APPROVED GMO CROPS ARE 'LESS SAFE' AND/OR CAUSE HARM 4) UN FAO STATEMENT: GMO IS NOT REQUIRED TO SOLVE THE WORLD HUNGER PROBLEM. 5) ISAAA GMO DATABASE EXISTS BECAUSE 'GMO' IS DISTINCT FROM EXTANT SELECTION / BREEDING METHODS. 6) NAS 2016: NO SIGNATURE YIELD-IMPROVEMENT OF GMO ACROSS AMERICA, COMPARED TO NON-GMO. So there is NO GMO IMPERATIVE (except $$$), it has incomplete due-diligence in Human Safety (per Codex Alimentarius), on average its yield is barely better than non-GMO.......aside from shareholder $$$$, GMO Food for Humans has NOTHING TO OFFER THE CONSUMER, EXCEPT UNQUANTIFIED RISKS. Hidden BONUS FACT 7: There are nasty pro-GMO Shills lurking on social media…..stuffed shirts on morgue-duty…… LOLOL. Funny Fact!

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

Ah yes, the CONTRACT not to save seeds.......what an enigma, rolled up into a conundrum. some thought, you will accept that it is about financial control, that's about right for Corporates, isn't it? But ACTUALLY, it is about VERSION CONTROL OF THE PLANT, and the risks of having such an organism mutate (like all plants do) in the field. EXCEPT with this GMO plant, there is NO PREDICTING / CONTROLLING of the inserted mutation: The RISKS are so huge that it dare NEVER occur. First season GMO seed, the crop is outstanding! It needs next to nothing but water & some KNO (not even fertile soil is required). Save 10 seeds, plant them out. Second season: Crop is outstanding, no perceptible difference to the first. Third season: Approx 80% of the first season.....hmmmm. 4th season: About 50% of the first season......a total failure in yield, the farmer loses now. 5th season: Yield is down to 20% of first season, so you stop bothering (commercially) and buy from the supplier, provided they didn't catch on.... So this is designed obsolescence, but less for monetary reasons, than for anti-mutation / hybridsation control of the their product. And people eat this....???

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

Do you know why farm animals suffer little / no apparent harm from GMO feedstock? What percentage of there natural life-cycle do farm animals generally get harvested at? www.farmtransparency.org/kb/abattoirs/48-age-animals-slaughtered No time to get ill on the crap GMO foods.....now about Humans.....???

[@swaree]

"on a CRISPR day, in early August" I see what you did there

[@OurChangingClimate]

;)

[@thegoldengamer9315]

nice

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

[@xxxzz8413]

That mahatma slept with children. Read his book "experiment with truth".

[@karigrandii]

Gandhi was a horrible man, learn your history

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

@@popeyegordon How did I KNOW you'd be here, with your innane, ridiculous perspective.... Can you BACK YOUR CLAIM ABOUT HUMAN SAFETY WITH ANY PEER-REVIEWED , PUBLISHED SCIENCE YET, Popeye? No, still not?? Still commenting from opinion, deflection, lies, expletives, insults?

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon Just shows you how effective Michael Taylor was at the FDA, doesn't it? An industrial pipe descaled that kills everything it touches as a medicine. Keep on goin' Poopeye.

[@ru2225]

And as always, human selfishness and greed is the issue

[@sashoDman]

There's is no cure for that problem :/

[@blankalpaca]

I'd say the larger issue here is capitalism...

[@ru2225]

@@blankalpaca which is based on what? Yes you guessed it, selfishness and greed.

[@holleey]

@@ru2225 chicken and egg scenario. at one point in history, capitalism has been a revolutionary improvement to what came before, and sustainability did not really play a role at that time because the scale of our industry was much smaller. you may call it selfishness and greed, but in the end, people are just doing what they are supposed to do under capitalism. the relentless profit incentive can never be sustainable. this is systemic.

[@blankalpaca]

@@ru2225 yup u r very right

[@chigeh]

You forgot to mention that part of the reason that GMO's are so monopolized is because regulations are so strict. There are significant administrative barriers for start ups and small teams. Large companies overcome this and consolidate the market share

[@DukeGMOLOL]

That's true.

[@PolionL]

They are monopolized and so tightly regulated because they are part of the biological weapons program. You can not access the highly dangerous materials needed to modify genes.

[@charlesmrader]

@@PolionL PolionL, I don't know where you heard this, but it is totally wrong. Several years ago, I took a course at a local science museum, in which we actually did some genetic engineering as part of the course. There were absolutely no dangerous materials involved. We used things like soap, alcohol, test tubes, Bunsen burners, stuff you could find in your kitchen or your cleaning supplies. The special genes being transferred were easily bought on line for a few dollars. This same course lab experiments are part of some high school science courses and almost any college has some similar courses today.

[@PolionL]

@@charlesmrader What genetic information did you transfer between species? What process did you use and how did you confirm gene transfer? GMO's when first invented were specifically designed as weapons, antibiotic resistant bacteria and terminator seeds are examples. Horizontal gene transfer is carried out through the use of modified bacteria and fungus, and can not be done with things you find in your kitchen. Genetic engineering takes a generation. It is done by infecting the parent who then passes the infection in the form of modification to its offspring. The implications of this technology can produce thing like anthrax that spreads like the flu, or black plague that spreads like corona. It is highly dangerous tech that puts all of humanity at risk. I'm sure they didn't mention that in your "local science course"...

[@MissMoontree]

Patents on organisms shouldn't be granted to other organisms.

[@Pyro-et9vs]

Could you go into the Tea industry, and how sustainable the industry is?

[@eco-techandtravel5258]

Actually , i have this question from long time because in india most of tea plantations in rainforest area. And it's destroy elephant, tiger and other very important species habitat.

[@Rae709]

YES PLEASE...

[@mountainslopes]

Perhaps looking at companies like Tetley and how they created whole worker cities in places like Kerala, India

[@bumpusjones.1978]

Yeah let’s move away people in third world countries continuing do die for incredibly flawed nonsense and move on to your favorite warm drink.

[@kyliepurcell4382]

Would be interested in this as well! Additionally, does buying fair trade tea actually translate to benefits for the workers

[@BolanleJenny]

Thanks for talking this subject. I have always felt a bit mixed about GMOs since I definitely understand the science of it but I was also aware of they can be used/weaponised against small scale farmers and by big agriculture.

[@BolanleJenny]

@@popeyegordon I would suggest looking up Monsanto.

[@BolanleJenny]

@@popeyegordon If you believe that🤷🏾‍♀️

[@arnowisp6244]

@@BolanleJenny Popeye Gordon is a troll who floods every GMO related video. Ignore him. As for Monsanto they are merged with Bayer now. Hardly proving they don't exist.

[@arnowisp6244]

Indeed. www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/15/india-gm-cotton-bayer www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2013/0513/Farmers-cannot-replicate-Monsanto-seeds-for-second-crop-Supreme-Court-rules

[@arnowisp6244]

@@popeyegordon Oh yes straight from a pro gmo activist site because activist sites are unbiased. BTW, I've heard about these illegal black market seeds. In some cases they are fraudulently labelled as "gmo".

[@Pyro-et9vs]

I am Pro GMO and anti corporation/monopoly

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@yoyo-jv4rp]

@@johnmarshall6599 Okay two things. 1. Glyphosate ≠ BT corn Just because farmers who use BT corn also use Glyphosate doesn’t mean it’s the same. If legislation prohibited or restricted the use of Glyphosate and other pesticide, we would have less pesticide AND more yield (compared to non-GMO corn). 2. Nobody said BT corn = non-GMO corn. The point is BT corn is not more/less healthy than non-GMO corn. This is acknowledged by the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, the WHO and even accepted by the EU Commission.

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@yoyo-jv4rp "Nobody said BT corn = non-GMO corn". What? If you do the research you'll see that Monsanto themselves lied to the FDA when they got BT corn "approved". That's the only way they could get it approved. And Michael Taylor, the Ex-Monsanto executive who infiltrated the FDA for the exact purpose of getting GMO's into the food supply.

[@trishhoney2172]

@@popeyegordon scaremongering

[@elephant-room]

Yeah, I missed you. Thanks for coming back, man!

[@Peeze16]

I love his videos. Every Friday I wait in anticipation

[@eleoptera]

Could you please make a whole video on the alternative land use models you mentioned? Like ageoforestry and polyculture?

[@firmbeliever3847]

Watch the documentary...kiss the ground...

[@joyhouse5934]

I don't hated GMO but without more information and regulations by United nations and different countries. How do we know that companies can be trusted with this technology 🤔??? We need world wided regulations on this Technology on global police force 🤔? Food standards effected every one on earth 🌎 . I believe people do have a choice too , if want natural crops or GMO crops. This may seem hard to see but choice makes better economic sense and better product's for everyone.

[@Somajsibere]

@@joyhouse5934 Just get rid of the corporarions and we should be well enough, after all they are killing us.

[@nilminideen5296]

@@joyhouse5934 need to stopped GMO completely. Ever wonder why developed countries health issues rising up high in every year than the previous years? If the countries are developed health issues need to come down haven’t they ? GMO is one link for the above question too. Read the ingredients in any food item when buying then can see how many scientific names being consuming in daily diet too.

[@FrancisE.Dec.Esquire]

George HW Bush - Genetically Modified Food Deregulation (1992).mp4

[@Rahul_G.G.]

2:58 Nah every news debate in India is about "PASSION + HYPERBOLE"

[@VK-pn6rg]

Yep! As an Indian, can confirm. This is why I usually reference to written articles and international networks rather than live TV.

[@notdpanda9525]

Humans have been cultivating and breeding plants for thousands of years. The original plants have long been lost, or exist in the wild.

[@necrosteel5013]

Like original plant species in the wild cross polinating at random You get a loss of several species and are left with the hardy mongrel plants that outlasts the others.

[@zerosugar8026]

Gene splicing and cross breeding are not the same. If you need a laboratory to do it then it wasn't done thousands of years ago

[@necrosteel5013]

@@zerosugar8026 true, but that's only because gene splicing completely cuts away the middle man of generations of trails required for the desired plant with guaranteed results. Wild cross pollination will favour the hardiest and fast spreading plants,just look at common grass.

[@viggomarzelius8882]

This "problem" is only a problem if there are no alternativ seeds on the market and while no one is alowed to make a new one. As long as the market of seeds and gmo seeds is free, this problem does not exist. Gmo is gonna be amazing for everyone involved, but we have to have our eyes open for fraud, bad products and monopolies, just like every other market for eny product.

[@arnowisp6244]

@@popeyegordon Yeah, debunked with sources with links to people who benefit from GMOs.

[@arnowisp6244]

Except these companies are slowly conglomerating into a giant oligarchy. As for right now 3 companies now control 60% of the worlds food supply.

[@beccam9854]

so sweet need open source seeds is what I'm hearing

[@vanessaaventura]

Monsanto is a current monopoly

[@AaronAC91]

@@popeyegordon Sir, You and me could be a really good friends.

[@Ecotasia]

Very well said, I don't like how Monsanto has applied the technology. I also like how you focus on saying silver bullets do not exist, I think this is the main thing we as a society have to understand. I imagine that if we can get GMOs into integrated pest-management systems they could be really amazing.

[@guillermoblanco286]

@@popeyegordon The fact that Monsanto is now OWNED by Bayer doesn't mean they've stopped doing what they were doing! It's like claming that KZbin is dead because its owned by Google!

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@remco6816]

@@johnmarshall6599 uhm you sound more like a fear mongering than reasonable. You do realize that organic food suffers from land use and has a higher risk of crops failure. So to be able to feed every human you will need more land than non biological. Biological foods also still use pesticides but biological pesticides but because it says biological it doesn't mean its any better or safer its just differently produced.

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

@@remco6816 Get a clue: FAO : 4 www.fao.org/ United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, FAQ on GMO: Excerpt: “4) First, despite what is sometimes said, we do not need GMOs to resolve the current world hunger problem. There is enough food for everybody, but millions of people are poor and simply do not have the money to buy food - that is why access to food is a major problem.” www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/biotech/docs/faqsen.pdf

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

@@remco6816 Get ANOTHER clue: Yield of GMO is barely better than non-GMO ........why bother? Its easier on farmers, makes more $$$. "FINDING: The nation-wide data on maize, cotton, or soybean in the United States do not show a significant signature of genetic-engineering technology on the rate of yield increase...... " i.e. GMO yield is marginally better than non-GMO. www.nap.edu/read/23395/chapter/7#100 Excerpt as above. USA NAS 2016.

[@buddydunkel]

Amazing video as always. I always had such a hard time explaining to people that it isn't the technology itself, but the way it is applied and the environment cultivated around it that is bad. Just like it is with so many things. Maybe for future reference: I think you meant the German company Bayer, but I wasn't sure by your pronunciation. The name of that company is pronounced closer to bi-er, where the i is pronounced like in I and the er like it is in emergency. I hope this may help you in the future

[@guessdog4871]

Bio-engineering has so much potential for misuse, both deliberate or through carelessness. Free market capitalists (not all but enough of them) have proven that they simply can't be trusted to act with a conscience, and in many industries.

[@falcoperegrinus82]

At least in the US, Bayer is always pronounced as "bear" like the animal. It's even pronounced like that in their own TV commercials.

[@kalakakku7749]

This was nuanced as usual. Thank you for making great informative content.

[@ajnomotorola13]

Thanks Charlie for making the videos that cut through the noise.

[@VideoGerm]

Your production quality is amazing. What font are you using?

[@akar4373]

The only "pro GMO" video I have seen that isn't simply berating the anti GMO crowd and pretending they are complete idiots. Thanks.

[@jorgeavelar98]

its true tho. Anti GMO crowd are complete idiots

[@-topic9506]

I would love to see a video on expiration dates/what is perceived as "spoiled" food in western societies!

[@suexxxxxxxx]

They say that they starting to remove expiry dates due to people wasting so much food, it was only meant for the supermarkets not the customer but they got crafty by not telling the people so they could reap more money out of us all, people have forgotten how to use their own senses. I steer clear of gmo food as there is more than what he is saying in that. Also there is nothing wrong with the climate they are lying to us again and again, this has been happening since ww2 and we are all still here. Telling us that the polar ice is melting and the sea will rise, not going to happen. For instance pour yourself a glass of say gin and tonic put ice in went it melts does your drink become a large gin and tonic??

[@petrhorky7355]

The graphics are really next level, good job!

[@noemi9985]

i really appreciate how well researched your videos are, you do a great job of exposing the underlying issues to many problems and the more i watch the more i realise that it's usually a structural issue rather than a specfic technology/brand/product etc

[@jorgeavelar98]

You should check out "In a Nutshell - Are GMOs good or bad" video. They do a much better job at explaining this. Although there are legitimate concerns with GMOs, the positives far outweigh the hypothetical negatives.

[@dianasofia1669]

I love watching this channel because the videos always make me feel like talking to a like-minded friend who teaches me and challenges me to be better and to get well educated and informed 😌❤️ thank you!

[@Pyro-et9vs]

9:07 behold, Climate Change's arch nemesis *THE FLYING BANANA!!!!!*

[@outofcompliance1639]

Yep, climate change is another of the dozen scams coming from the left.

[@flyingdart9819]

@@outofcompliance1639 why, politically speaking I'm on the right, but i believe in climate change. What are your counter arguments?

[@outofcompliance1639]

@@flyingdart9819 Very complex issue, which is why they use it. What is their argument? They have nothing. If you are really interested I can give you my argument, but I would not call it a counter argument, theirs is the counter argument. I will try to follow up this week with plenty of information.

[@flyingdart9819]

@@outofcompliance1639 i saw a video about climate change. It explained a lot of things like the temperature changes over the course of thousands of years and how it's changing now. Basically CO2 levels have never been this high in thousands of years. This shows that the climate is not changing naturally, but by humans. However i do agree that this problem has been politicised a lot especially by the left. It is not a scam though.

[@wannabehistorian371]

@@flyingdart9819 lol they didn’t reply in a week.

[@emilyryckman1217]

I have just discovered your channel and I have honestly been blown away with your content. As a Canadian who spent the past few years working with small-scale organic farmers in Colombia and Nicaragua, I think there is a lot of potential to broaden your reach into South America, especially your content on food systems. My partner (Colombian) and I are fluent in Spanish and would like to offer our skills to help create Spanish subtitles on your videos. Spanish is the fourth most spoken language in the world, and the majority of Latin American countries are agricultural-based economies, many of which have deeply entrenched industrialized food systems. If this is something you are interested in, please reach out.

[@AndreaS-xp6op]

I'm impressed. In the past 10 years I have only encountered one other written article that has given such a concise yet nuanced view of GMOs that was meant for the general public. I have a degree in plant science, and in a plant genetics class I found it so frustrating to watch my prof (a world class plant geneticist) bring in a bag of Brassica veggies and tell the class that "these were genetically modified (through traditional breeding) and thus the same as GMOs", but when I raised the point that maybe there are socioeconomic and environmental impacts to be considered he agreed and then quickly changed the subject. I hope this video gets many views!! 😁

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

A degree in plant science? The angle of the sun does NOT confer a 'degree' of insight. *ISBN 978-92-5-105914-2* UN Codex Alimentarius on GMO(cut /paste at 180 degree) : Pg 3, “19. Risk management measures may include, as appropriate, food labelling8 conditions for marketing approvals and post-market monitoring.” Pg 18, “56: Gene transfer from plants and their food products to gut micro-organisms or human cells is considered a rare possibility because of the many complex and unlikely events that would need to occur consecutively. Nevertheless, the possibility of such events cannot be completely discounted.6” Pg 10, “ 15: Unintended effects can result from the random insertion of DNA sequences into the plant genome, which may cause disruption or silencing of existing genes, activation of silent genes, or modifications in the expression of existing genes. Unintended effects may also result in the formation of new or changed patterns of metabolites. For example, the expression of enzymes at high levels may give rise to secondary biochemical effects or changes in the regulation of metabolic pathways and/or altered levels of metabolites” Pg 16. "46: ….. consideration should be given to the potential impacts on human health using conventional procedures for establishing the safety of such metabolites *(e.g. procedures for assessing the human safety of chemicals in foods)* .” i.e. Human Safety Studies, YET: None ever.

[@zacknattack]

@@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166 oh wow anti-intelluectualism epic

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

@@zacknattack So, you didn't read it, did you? How intellectual of you, knowing everything in advance, already! Amazingly simple, isn't it?

[@zacknattack]

@@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166 nah, i read it it's funny, thy own logic is self defeating. if thou can say that degrees don't matter, then none of thy sources credentials matter, either! by starting thy argument by arguing degrees don't matter, thou's already made thyself pretty sussy

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

@@zacknattack So you didn't read it, yet you wish to argue.... pseudo-intellectualism expands.....yawn. Stick to the FACTS about GMO, which you cannot, because you haven't read the UN Codex protocols on GMO safety. YT: Where the idiocracy comes to feed. Pssst, google Kruger-Dunning effect, have a mirror handy....LOLS. Meanwhile: GMO foods for Humans are EXPERIMENTAL, there isn't a single scientific safety study on Human GMO consumption, that meets the UN Codex protocols...not one! All YOU (o intellectual-wannabe) have to do , is link ONE Human Safety Study on GMO Foods that meets UN Codex protocols, and you win this 'debate', Mr Master-Debator!

[@Josuekv]

I'm always astonished the ways you transdiciplinary cover complex issues

[@havanadaurcy1321]

From a book my grandfather had from the 1960's: Domesticated food is scientifically modified from the wild plants. It's amazing how you miss this fact

[@amish613]

By human selection. Not genetically modified in lab.

[@conradmbugua9098]

You confuse human selection with forcing a random gene to a plant with unforeseeing consequences

[@jorgeastiazaran]

Great video, as you said, technology is only as good or as bad as the one using it. The monopoly issue is only worsened by all the misinformation and controversy. Governments should be creating their own GMO crops based on their local needs, to guarantee food security and economic stability, but very few governments would be willing to assign a good budget in GMO R&D if they fear social backlash. So it leaves free ground for these corporations, which will pursue their own interests.

[@M-Soares]

Nice video, finally some nuanced discussion about GMOs, sorely needed. If you guys could do a video just on glyphosate, it would be great, I've tried to find studies about its effects but all of them point to different findings and I couldn't find any conclusive arguments on it, not to mention it is a highly polarizing topic. It all makes it way more difficult to find object answers.

[@guessdog4871]

I believe it's carcinogenic at some level of exposure. Maybe it's good that we eat so much "Roundup Ready" corn because the fact the corn is resistant has allowed them to drench with it excessively and later in the harvest stage, with a sometimes questionable "rinse" process. If it's getting through to the food supply, maybe humans who've eaten enough GMO corn will be resistant - "Roundup Ready" people!

[@M-Soares]

@@guessdog4871 From what I've read, yes, it is carcinogenic at high concentrations, concerning particularly people who apply it, but as long as there are guidelines for PPE use and safety measures, it shouldn't be a problem. If it is getting through to the consumer, we should enforce strict regulations to ensure it doesn't, be it better rinsing or establishing limits to how much can be used. I think in the future we should focus on greener mathods of agriculture where glyphosate isn't needed, but until then, I believe its use is ok as long as there is regulation and oversight by a competent organ.

[@charlesmrader]

@@guessdog4871 I see this use of the word "drench" is anti-GMO comments so often. It's dishonest! The word is carefully chosen to give the impression that the farmers are using huge quantities of the herbicide. A farmer who did that would go broke. It's really something like a quart per acre. Usually that quart is dissolved in a whole lot of ordinary water so it is easy to spray it. Even the word "spray" is misleading. A more accurate word would be the verb "to mist".

[@zwithabun]

Just to clarify, Bicol is pronounced as Bee-col, short i sound. Great video thank you for shedding light to this issue!

[@fishlivesmatter]

Ulol walang may pake

[@iKassie2002]

Hahahahaha

[@zwithabun]

Sa tama lang hahaha

[@Crawnter]

Baycol

[@nivedita5899]

You're doing a phenomenal job. Though I reached here a bit late I'm glad I did. Love from India

[@dougpatterson7494]

This is a general fair assessment. I would say this is the best video of yours I've seen. I would like to add is that societies attitude towards food needs to change. Less insistence that food must be in "perfect" condition to be consumed. The average appearance of produce from my garden is lower than what I'd buy at the grocery store.

[@herb_rolls3929]

I love love love your content. The connection to the big picture is something so many explanations lack. You're also mad talented with your motion graphics, if I were a teacher I would show them all of your videos

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@leopensaa]

Thank you for explain this huge and important topic!

[@Pyriphlegeton]

All plants are riddled with random mutations. About 70% of modern food plants are the result of nuclear agriculture, literally exposing them to radiation to induce random mutations. Being afraid of "gmos" per se is completely stupid.

[@curiousbystander9193]

you should be afraid of hard to digest cry1 proteins being expressed in staple crops........increasing the lectin load in staple foods leads to gi tract problems in the population through degradation of the small intestine villi......"believe" what you want

[@DoesNotGiveAF]

@@curiousbystander9193 Can you provide the studies that back your claims here? Rational people believe what has been proven by the scientific method, claims are just and only that. Provide evidence of your argument if would like people to "believe" you.

[@curiousbystander9193]

@@DoesNotGiveAF besides the explosion of the probiotics market, the explosion of auto immune diseases across the board, and the vast increases autism and other psych problems, all arising from poor gut biomes.....more like MR. AF, where's the studies showing how glyphosate and cry gmo proteins influence the human gi track biome......vacancy, yet many rational people just munch away ignorantly....go figure

[@polinaskirta3334]

We have already found out that genetecly modified foods have side effects.Nuclear agriculture isn't goodeither it has side effects as well.Both are undesirable. Just because we consume Foods that have been grown in worse conditions doesn't mean that gmo foods are all of a sudden safe

[@maxstarn3299]

Charlie your videos are so clean, they deserve so many more views it’s killing me seeing so much work put into a video that only gets 20k views at times. I love these videos so much

[@franciscorichard1975]

Good video. Bicol is pronouned as Bee-kol and not as buy-kol. How big some companies are growing globally is scary. It really is a double-edged sword as it takes massive financial resources to instigate change but the changes have to be tempered with ethics which is usually forgotten in today's business world and their profit/growth at all costs mentality.

[@bumpusjones.1978]

Excellent post life or death who cares, when you can focus on something REALLY important.

[@barbarapagan6292]

you killed the mood with the audiobook ad

[@victoravramov3802]

Especially since it's amazon's audiobook company

[@juliaisagoodwitch]

I always learn something new whenever I watch you videos! 👍

[@sandpiperbf9767]

Thank you for bringing rationality to controversial topics.

[@epochstories]

I love the work you do! It's so important! I'm not sure if you've made a video about this before (if so, I apologise), but I would love you to talk about organic foods and organic cotton. Are they really sustainable? Or are they just less environmentally impactful, but not the solution for our problem? Also, this is a long shot, but I would love in the future to collaborate with you for us to make an impactful documentary regarding the environment. Keep the amazing work!

[@Marczking]

Had a look at what you do and watched Filipes story, amazing! Reading the titles of your other videos I already know I'll watch them all, omg SUCH cool topics just from reading the titles!! I've just watched one video, but can already say I love your work and what you do! Thank you =D I often wonder why people focus so much on "famous" people and the like, instead of looking around and seeing the amazing stories and lives of people around you. Gonna sub and share your channel & videos, happy discovery! Your channel name is the same as my favourite magazine (GEO EPOCHE), so jumped out :))

[@epochstories]

@@Marczking I wasn't expecting that! Thank you so much :)

[@epochstories]

@@popeyegordon yeah, I agree with your point. Organic is very inefficient. But its inefficient for the amount of demand we have right? If, for example, we worked on our food waste and reduced it significantly, maybe organic could be an interesting solution. Or at least the gmo's should definitely take into consideration some organic practices where there's no such a strong solution of the soil with chemicals.

[@epochstories]

@@popeyegordon thank you. I'll read the article carefully. Unfortunately, sustainability is not a simple answer. There are a lot of things that we need to take into consideration, and it can be overwhelming dealing with so much different information. There's really no right or wrong answer here. It's all a matter of "what method does the least harm". The important thing is that we are discussing it.

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@oddrii_malenchki]

I'm from Bicol and I never heard of this before, till it became a topic in one of our class

[@rebelwilson9936]

4:39 The sceen show 1 things and audio says another So is GMO the same as other GM or the same as natrually grown food

[@gdesatyavrata]

I would love to see a video from you about "paper bottles". Is it actually sustainable or does it just harm the environment as much as normal plastic bottles. You could probably cover Will and Jaden Smith's JUST Water company for reference. Thank you so much

[@maknyc1539]

Reusable better

[@gdesatyavrata]

@@maknyc1539 True, using your own bottle daily is the best and only good choice, but then again there are a lot of people who still buy plastic bottles daily, so yea wanted to know if some paper bottle alternatives are good or not

[@zac_in_ak]

very interesting but now I want to know more about golden rice.

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682994/ Efficacy study, not safety study. 3rd-last paragraph: "It should be noted that we closely monitored our subjects for any possible adverse effects after the consumption of Golden Rice and found no evidence of any problems, including allergic reactions or gastrointestinal disturbance. Although this attests to the *probable safety* of Golden Rice, we acknowledge that *only a single serving was fed to each study subject. A much longer exposure with a larger cumulative consumption of Golden Rice would be needed to make definitive assertions regarding the inherent safety of this food for human use* . Sounds yum, right?

[@iminni3459]

Very informative, thank you.

[@Boumante]

thank you for this video but...why have audible sponsored it?

[@LemberTheMember]

Good Video! Finally someone that scientifically evaluates the use of gmo's and doesn't starts a rant fueled by their poltical views.

[@seankilburn7200]

his political leanings and bias are clear though. watch his videos on racist climate change and vertical farms

[@Kefemu]

@@seankilburn7200 Every source of information has a political leaning, whether or not they realize or disclose it. I guess it's really hard to tell the difference between a reasonable and well-supported leaning, and a bias that filters out inconvenient information.

[@seankilburn7200]

@@Kefemu Any individual creating videos such as these should strive to be neutral and simply present the facts for both sides. This creator does anything but that and is quite obviously left wing, making points that are far more opinionated than informative.

[@Kefemu]

​@@seankilburn7200 One of my favorite quotes comes to mind: "Some say the Sun rises in the east. Some say it rises in the west. The answer must lie somewhere in between." I bring this up because most of the time, one or more sides of a debate are clearly wrong. To present the opinion that the Sun rises in the west as legitimate is dishonest. Some opinions are wrong, and we shouldn't be afraid to recognize that. In your claim that all informational videos should be neutral, you are taking a non-neutral stance. Your comment leaves out any reasoning for the stance you hold, and also leaves out information that would support the opinion of someone like me who disagrees. The standard you're holding the video author to is one that you fail to live up to yourself. That failure is inevitable, since true neutrality is impossible.

[@seankilburn7200]

@@Kefemu What you seem to fail in understanding is that most people will simply watch these videos in order to ascertain the pros and cons of certain technologies such as vertical farming and GMOs. This author, however, leaves out key facts and arguments for use of a technology if it does not fit his narrative with the benefits of vertical farms being almost entirely ignored as the creator wishes to encourage less meat eating which was not at all relevant in such a video. As for my supposed failings, it is perfectly fair to hold this creator to higher standards as he is deciding to post videos that have received a considerable number of views and therefore has a duty to publish unbiased content and this is not a matter of opinion (Real engineering is a very informative channel with no political leanings). Please do feel free to elaborate on how my request for truly informative and evaluative language makes my stance non-neutral and how true neutrality is impossible( you seem to have left out facts in support of these claims).May I also ask if you yourself are a fan of this channel?

[@bencanaya382]

Another great video. I was interested in GMOs before and was always confused about why it’s so controversial and the reason from opposing GMOs from people didn’t make any sense but this video showed me the true benefits and limits of GMOs like never before I actually got a better grasp of GMOs now

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@laralebeu36]

Hey Charlie, I'd love to see a video about the resource based economic system.

[@Bee_Healthier]

Thats some pretty advanced shit for a climate change channel; even though resource usage and environmentalism are interlinked of course. What country you from and do you recognize my name as im pretty involved?

[@laralebeu36]

@@Bee_Healthier Why do you ask? I don't recognize your name.

[@bumpusjones.1978]

Move on from flawed science and politically motivated nonsense that by its design will allow people to die needlessly that’s being endorsed by people who use smiley faces in a discussion about a life and death issue to an economic argument that’s meaningless in comparison. Way to fight the good fight after that maybe we should move on to wether dogs or cats are better.

[@j.a.velarde5901]

Wonderful video. Thank you! I subbed.

[@philjohnson4607]

This is incredibly interesting. I’m 17 and have been interested in environmentalism. Where our food comes from and how it’s grown is more complicated than I thought.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

You picked the wrong video Phil, from 7 minutes on it is nonsense.

[@philjohnson4607]

@@DukeGMOLOL How so?

[@DukeGMOLOL]

@@philjohnson4607 From about 6:25 on pick a few items that get your attention and I'll explain if you wish.

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

Read the UN Codex Alimentarius on GMO Food safety protocols, then ask: Why have the most important of these NEVER been implemented? *ISBN 978-92-5-105914-2* Excerpts: Pg 16. "46: ….. consideration should be given to the potential impacts on human health using conventional procedures for establishing the safety of such metabolites *(e.g. procedures for assessing the human safety of chemicals in foods)* .” i.e. Human Safety Studies, YET: None ever. Pg 3, “19. Risk management measures may include, as appropriate, food labelling8 conditions for marketing approvals and post-market monitoring.” Pg 18, “56: Gene transfer from plants and their food products to gut micro-organisms or human cells is considered a rare possibility because of the many complex and unlikely events that would need to occur consecutively. Nevertheless, the possibility of such events cannot be completely discounted.6” Pg 10, “ 15: Unintended effects can result from the random insertion of DNA sequences into the plant genome, which may cause disruption or silencing of existing genes, activation of silent genes, or modifications in the expression of existing genes. Unintended effects may also result in the formation of new or changed patterns of metabolites. For example, the expression of enzymes at high levels may give rise to secondary biochemical effects or changes in the regulation of metabolic pathways and/or altered levels of metabolites”

[@davidadcock3382]

@@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166 NO FOOD-SAFETY SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS or COUNTRY has FELT the NEED to and has NEVER RATIFIED, NEVER EMBRACED, NEVER ADHERED TO the CODEX ALIMENTARIUS ,DO HUMAN TESTING For GMO technology and Organic foods that are breed with radiation induced mutagenesis? They are FREE to do so if they wished. Nice to see a Russian who cares about what goes on in America.

[@uninstaller2860]

The reason I feel reservations against gmo's is the potential lack of foresight. If we modify crops and vegetables into pest resistant, draught resistant, make them able to grow in harsh conditions we should balance it out with making them sterile or at least harder to spread. The reason I hold this position is because of an eventual post-human future where there are crops that resist everything but is poison to every pest and animal, except humans. If it spreads more easily than other, more delicate wild plants, then they have no place to grow. I know I'm talking in millions of years, but we have a responsibilty for every possible future. I know this view is pretty dystopian, probably uninformed, too. What do you think, am I overly pessimistic?

[@ignemuton5500]

This is not how it would play out, its not really poasible to create a food that only humans can consume, in addition many of the plants we use today could not really exist without us, every seedless variety and every variety that has reduced seed size would probably either go instantly extinct once humans are gone or massively reduce in population.

[@DemonZest]

There is no need for that because agricultural plant already don't survive without human help, since their whole purpose is to produce big fruits/roots/etc.. they get targeted by every pest possible and need a lot of water/fertilizer !

[@elibullockpapa9012]

yeah your being overly pessimistic. These plants aren't designed to reproduce and spread - natural selection already solved that problem the best it can be. Instead they are designed to produce ridiculously large fruits / grains with a specific combination of artificial fertilizers and irrigation.

[@collan580]

@@DemonZest And then we get to another problem, what if our GMO foods becomes like fast food, where you modify food to be more addictive.

[@DemonZest]

@@collan580 We can dot it without GMO with selection (and that's why our modern fruits are so sugary), but GMO can mean also healthier food like nutrient-fortified fruits, grains and vegetables.

[@michaelamckasson6790]

I did my senior thesis on this topic and this video encompasses it in a nutshell lol

[@robmaule4025]

At 9:45 it says that "This increase could result in a total reduction of 14.5 - 22.3 gigatons of carbon dioxide". The global total emissions are only around 50 gigatons so this one change would result in a 50% drop in co2 emissions? Am I understanding that correctly? If so, that's an insane level of return on investment!

[@AddictedGamer4Ever]

30% and 37% is a large difference. I wonder why you said thirthy instead of thirthyseven (around 3:00)

[@piapolzin1852]

Amazing video;short but precise. I think the problem is that most people dont like GMOs due to a mistrust towards the science behind them, but the real reasons we should be sceptical is more due to capitalism ( patents, destroying bio-diversity, looking at profits instead of impact on nature).

[@shroomz11]

Why is it that we fret about patents of seeds(while farmers are free to use non-gmo as well, no one is forcing them) but are okay with patents on fertilizers, insecticides, farming equipment like tractors, etc

[@piapolzin1852]

@@shroomz11 Personally, I'm kind of oppossed to the idea of patents in general - I get that this is a nuanced debate, but especially regarding food and medicine it would just be better for our society/ world if everybody could use new and better inventions, ideas, concepts etc instead of having to pay someone/ a cooperation a shitton of money.

[@houbenbub]

Great Video. Really nice points!

[@idkwatchasay]

does any one know where nemo is?

[@EmilePainchaud]

Love your videos! I was wondering how you can accept a sponsorship from audible and encourage their business, since they’re owned my amazon, which we all know is not ethically and environmentally very friendly.

[@lolz6337]

GMO foods is very common in Mexico especially in the corn and modern tortillas

[@LogicGated]

I remember when I was younger and this debate came to the fore.

[@MalenaFlowingGlow]

I'd like to reference this video but can't find the author's name. please help!

[@fredginger4ever]

Love this video! It talks about all the main issues regarding GMOs and corporation and unsustainable food industries. The other issue with GMOs is the reduction of biological diversity, this was sort of touched on. The way America farms are they create huge monocultures that can overtake surrounding native or heirloom crops which can bottleneck diveristy and increase their their risk for future crop failure because they are all homogenized gene pools that don't have diveristy to fight future pests and diseases. We've lost hundreds of species of corn and now only have approximately 25 species left to grow and eat.

[@matthewmellor7072]

Great video, I expected a very one-sided GMO hating video but I was very impressed by the unbiased nature and the use of studies and review to back the points!

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

@@popeyegordon You provided the usual, unsubstantiated, boring Corporate GMO narrative...no more. REAL FACTS: *ISBN 978-92-5-105914-2* UN CODEX ALIMENTARIUS: Pg 3, “19. Risk management measures may include, as appropriate, food labelling8 conditions for marketing approvals and post-market monitoring.” Pg 18, “56: Gene transfer from plants and their food products to gut micro-organisms or human cells is considered a rare possibility because of the many complex and unlikely events that would need to occur consecutively. Nevertheless, the possibility of such events cannot be completely discounted.6” Pg 10, “ 15: Unintended effects can result from the random insertion of DNA sequences into the plant genome, which may cause disruption or silencing of existing genes, activation of silent genes, or modifications in the expression of existing genes. Unintended effects may also result in the formation of new or changed patterns of metabolites. For example, the expression of enzymes at high levels may give rise to secondary biochemical effects or changes in the regulation of metabolic pathways and/or altered levels of metabolites” Pg 16. "46: ….. consideration should be given to the potential impacts on human health using conventional procedures for establishing the safety of such metabolites *(e.g. procedures for assessing the human safety of chemicals in foods)* .” i.e. Human Safety Studies, YET: None ever. www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/about-codex/faq/faq-detail/en/c/454784/ Codex is strongly committed to promote safe foods. Amongst safe foods, Codex does not give any preference to certain kinds of foods over others. *Such choice belongs to consumers* . Codex has adopted principles and guidelines to assess food safety of foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants, animals and microorganisms. *If a government chooses to build a regulatory mechanism* to address the food safety of so-called GM foods, then they *can use Codex text as a basis* for it. This being said, *each government is free to adopt its own policy* as to the use of GM organisms in the agriculture and other sectors. At the moment, *there are no internationally-agreed recommendations on the food labelling of GM foods. Governments are therefore applying their own regulations* .” Regulations that are 'voluntary....and the FDA chose 3 of 80 pages....

[@judahelisha6637]

I just wanna say I haven't even started watching the video and I know you'll be showing the truth behind the truth, I'm frustrated , every time I watch something this informative I can't shake the feeling I'm not the one who should be seeing and understanding this but then again I could be a small peice to the puzzle as well as you.

[@elibullockpapa9012]

@8:04, I thought that roundup is not highly toxic but one of the least toxic pesticides available?

[@davidpeppers551]

The problem of ownership? You can just drop a gene into a currently existing variety and you own it and its seeds.

[@user-bp8yg3ko1r]

I'm so glad that this channel exists...

[@fitnow2037]

@@popeyegordon paid

[@thomaforgiarini584]

great video! I really welcome the calm and rational analysis of the issue. Really love your channel, keep up the work!

[@OurChangingClimate]

Thanks Thoma! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@andrewkilman3271]

You should do an audiobook!!

[@OurChangingClimate]

Hahaha hello drew..... maybe I will :)

[@alexandere9928]

People fear what they don't understand, thats it

[@SamuelNormandeau]

As a horticultural technologist, I am often dismayed by the misunderstanding of GMO technology. Thank you for your accurate portrayal of this technology.

[@nenmaster5218]

DONT just comment 'Oh, waste=bad'! Do something! Watch 'Second Thought' adress these Issues, like in his video 'Is Capitalism even efficient?' Food-Waste is adressed there and elsewhere for real!!

[@mayacortina7219]

Thank you. This is so educational.

[@grischu8277]

Great Video, important topic!

[@bumpusjones.1978]

People eat or people die and this video chooses death for politically motivated nonsense. This isn’t informative.

[@hirayagray388]

I had to doublecheck if I was on the same channel I had clicked on, because I was surprised to see a video from my country featured here. It does make sense though, considering how much of the environmental defenders and people in the agricultural industry get either ignored/killed here.

[@guillermoblanco286]

Wow! Thank you so much for making this video! I've been saying this to my friends so many times I've already lost count!

[@guillermoblanco286]

​ @Popeye Gordon I would say you're overreacting quite a bit there. The solutions shown by the video aren't even explained and they don't say how said solutions would help solving the problems GMOs are set to solve. The video shows to people who don't know about GMOs that they're not bad in the way they think they are, and that they should be wary of the big companies that are currently developing these tech for the bucks only. Can you tell me now why am I gullible to activists?

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@robertreznik9330]

Farming, modern farming is more complex than most professions. Can you name one that is?

[@dragos.m]

any books recomandation about environment?

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

Here's one about GMO Food safety in general: The UN CODEX ALIMENTARIUS, free online copy. *ISBN 978-92-5-105914-2* Some exceprts: Pg 3, “19. Risk management measures may include, as appropriate, food labelling8 conditions for marketing approvals and post-market monitoring.” Pg 18, “56: Gene transfer from plants and their food products to gut micro-organisms or human cells is considered a rare possibility because of the many complex and unlikely events that would need to occur consecutively. Nevertheless, the possibility of such events cannot be completely discounted.6” Pg 10, “ 15: Unintended effects can result from the random insertion of DNA sequences into the plant genome, which may cause disruption or silencing of existing genes, activation of silent genes, or modifications in the expression of existing genes. Unintended effects may also result in the formation of new or changed patterns of metabolites. For example, the expression of enzymes at high levels may give rise to secondary biochemical effects or changes in the regulation of metabolic pathways and/or altered levels of metabolites” Pg 16. "46: ….. consideration should be given to the potential impacts on human health using conventional procedures for establishing the safety of such metabolites *(e.g. procedures for assessing the human safety of chemicals in foods)* .” i.e. Human Safety Studies, YET: None ever.

[@davidadcock3382]

@@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166 NO FOOD-SAFETY SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS or COUNTRY has FELT the NEED to and has NEVER RATIFIED, NEVER EMBRACED, NEVER ADHERED TO the CODEX ALIMENTARIUS ,DO HUMAN TESTING For GMO technology and Organic foods that are breed with radiation induced mutagenesis? They are FREE to do so if they wished. Nice to see a Russian who cares about what goes on in America.

[@andreipopa5540]

I don't like the argument of "There's enough food". There is, because of the current system of farming. We need GMO's, but pest resistant ones, not chemical resistant ones. Without GMOs we cannot indutrially farm at all. I have a small garden and I changed my Pinova apples with wild apples because of pests, but I get 1/3 of the production.

[@bachvandals3259]

It's like that almost everywhere... Except for the America, where companies has lobbying power to change law. Most cancerous pesticide is banned around the world, it's simple, some just don't want to change. It's politics, not science which is the one killing people.

[@davidadcock3382]

@@bachvandals3259 That is the Idea of gmo technology so Farmers can use much less and much safer pesticides even much safer than many of the highly toxic pesticides Organic growers use.

[@travelerfinder7840]

I appreciate the nuance of this video as someone who is pro GMO I think the video gives me something to think about.

[@travelerfinder7840]

@@popeyegordon which claim made in the video is wrong and why?

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@johnmarshall6599]

@@popeyegordon At the @ mark they state that there is no difference between GMO and conventional crops. Well here's evidence that there is a big difference between BT "corn" and real Corn. Apparently Roundup has the ability to severely reduce all the good aspects of corn and in place of them poisons are added. THIS IS WHAT GLYPHOSATE DOES. IT IS AN INDUSTRIAL PIPE DESCALER THAT KILLS EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES. It's used to remove metals that build up on the inside of industrial pipes. Notice below how most of the beneficial metals are significantly reduced? THAT'S WHAT GLYPHOSATE WAS MADE TO DO! And when it is in your body, guess what it continues to do? The only way the FDA ever believed Monsanto's claim that BT "corn" and REAL Corn were the same, without any data the way, was the fact that Michael Taylor was a commissioner at the FDSA at the time. Google Michael Taylor folks. He's the Ex-Monsanto exec was working at the FDA with the express purpose of getting GMO food into the food supply so Monsanto could make huge profits. And why do you think Monsanto/Bayer makes farmers sign agreements that they will never allow their GMO products to be tested? Wake up everybody! Eat organic food whenever you can, it's the only way to know that it's not intentionally laced with neurotoxic poisons. @t

[@almostbutnotentirelyunreas166]

@@popeyegordon Yeah Popeye, which claim made in the video is wrong and why? C'mon....can you do it?? Useless troller?

[@luzi29]

You could create hydroponic rice that is only grows 10cm high with GMO. Just imagine the impact would be tremendous. We would be able to produce starchy compounds in factories with a fraction of resources.

[@TrollCarl]

My school is using your videos to teach us students. Thank you lol

[@gcvrsa]

It's not BYE-kol, it's BEE-kol.

[@mohitdhanwani6431]

I remember reading a few studies which claimed GMOs are harmful in the long run and most GMOs lose the nutrition and medicinal qualities of the plant. I got my moringa tree leaves and that of my neighbour checked at a lab mine had 3-4times nutrition compared to his. The difference being i have an organic farm with desi (heirloom) moringa while his was a conventional farm with GMO. I will grow one GMO moringa aswell to compare the both but difference is clear

[@miguelbastidas5918]

Amazing video. One thing I would love to see is people like the Thought Emporium and OCC talking about GMOs and their possible impact on climate, as the two of them are extremely knowledgeable people and I think it would be an interesting talk to watch.

[@Sunflowrrunner]

Woah, a nuanced opinion on the internet. I have to say, I enjoyed this novelty.

[@redtsun67]

"Trust the scientists!" Scientist: GMOs are perfectly safe "No not you"

[@albert8513]

There is also a risk that genetically modified plant could escape farm/greenhouse and interbreed for example with a weed plant and pass on traits that would give unfair advantages and harm diversity and ecosystem(s) and kill many plant species thus extinguish many other animal species that depend on those extinct plant species

[@DavidRichardson153]

There is a lot of nuance that goes into GMOs, and not just in the debate and controversy over the food. It is true that genes from completely different organisms get spliced into each other all the time, and this is the case for genetic research. The point of this is to identify a specific gene's function(s), so one of the best ways to learn this is to insert the gene into an organism that would not naturally have it. So when you hear of a fish gene being inserted into a piece of lettuce or vice versa, there are three things to know: 1) Unless they are specifically researching food crops, they will NOT use food crops for the research, and when they do, they typically insert the crops gene(s) into something that would NOT be used as a food source anywhere - and even then, they do not risk any of these edited organisms getting out in any way, either as a whole or even a specific gene segment, and thus, they completely destroy any and all genetic material (incineration is perhaps the best method for this). 2) When they are trying to develop a new food crop, they only use what is already used as food crops for their development. Thus, plants will only be spliced with other plants - no meat, fish, or even microbes get used - and this applies across all such research (this goes on for all possible food sources, but plants, by far, get the most attention and research). When you hear of a new rice being developed, the genes used in that new rice would have come from other rice. Rarely, if ever, do they splice genes from different crop types - this is why you rarely, if ever, hear of rice and corn genes being spliced together into a new crop (too different to reliably use). 3) After they develop the crop in a laboratory, they then recreate the same new crop using the old-fashioned method, without the highly specific gene editing techniques. This is to help test (and ideally ensure) the new crop's genome, to see if it will withstand constant exposure to potential mutations. After all, it does not do much good if the new crop can only persist through lab manufacturing and would otherwise be wiped out within a few generations in the field. These GMOs that are made for developing worlds are designed so that a lab is NOT needed to produce them, that a (comparatively) low-tech society can continue to produce the crop over many generations of the crop. Now, there is still plenty to be concerned about when it comes to GMOs. GMOs that are designed to also contain nutrients in other variants of the crop they were created from are generally VERY safe (there is always the possibility that some detail was overlooked, hence why they pour so much effort into covering everything that would prevent ANYTHING from going wrong with it - even the amount of the nutrient in the crop is carefully analyzed to reduce, if not eliminate, the risk of overdosing, because, yes, nutrient-overdosing happens). GMOs that incorporate what would be considered synthetic materials (like Monsanto's Roundup-ready crops) are the ones that tend to pose the greater risk - there is no guarantee that these types of GMOs are dangerous in a general sense, but the GMOs that were eventually found to cause problems mostly, if not always, come from this category. This has resulted in ever-tightening oversight of the development if any and all future GMOs - and why there is a growing trend of shifting away from what some might call "chemically-infused crops" like the Monsanto Roundup ones. GMOs can and do help, but they are indeed NOT a silver bullet. In fact, expecting ANYTHING to be a silver bullet for ANY problem is inviting disaster. As was pointed out at the end, GMOs would be a great addition to more sustainable forms of agriculture. I would also argue that in the future, especially if we want to reduce the environmental impact of raising livestock (by greatly cutting back on livestock - not necessarily all of it, but certainly a lot of it), GMOs are going to become even more important - still not "silver bullet" status (again, nothing can ever be one) but still more important. An advantage meat has is that it condenses virtually all nutrients needed into one sort-of convenient package, and finding a meat-free alternative for that will not be easy (unless you want to go the Soylent Green route, which I doubt many will - and that was not exactly meat-free). What types of new GMOs are developed should always be a cause for concern, and while non-GMOs might be better for the natural environment, as long as people continue to live in places we're humans never did in the past (and as long as technology keeps on existing existing developing, that will be the case), natural crops will not be enough, as they cannot withstand the journey to get to these naturally-inhospitable areas - and just to remind people, refrigeration and freezing requires a constant power source and a multitude of other resources, so while helpful, they are not the most practical or efficient. That might be the biggest advantage GMOs have - they can better survive in places other crops cannot. Even so, caution should be warranted for everything, but I do not believe that GMOs should ever be banned from food.

[@DukeGMOLOL]

Great stuff David.

[@IonianGarden]

Most farms don't want to reuse seed anyway as many farms use F1 hybrids. If you reuse that seed, the next generation would have inconstancies in growth, quality and most concerning resistances (lack there of).

[@perking5617]

I really don’t understand peoples problems with gmos(and that is plant ones, not animals) Yes. They can create problems, but if used correctly, they will solve so many more than they potentially can create.

[@mihajlovucic8037]

>>if used correctly

[@WahyuSetiawan-sz4lc]

If....

[@siddhant3945]

One of the things the video doesn't talk about is that GM crops are unsustainable by design. Imagine putting in a crop that kills entire fleets of insect populations, thereby killing their prey too. The loss of biodiversity caused by GM crops is disastrous. Besides, they aren't that efficient at keeping crops protected also. The Bt Cotton that was introduced in India is just another cotton crop now as the bollworm insect has grown resistant. Apart from this, GM crops aren't farmer friendly as the seeds have to bought only from Monsanto. It is a double-edged sword.

[@ibrahimraysidrr4609]

i thought GMO is selective breeding , thank you for expanding my knowledge

[@lancetheking7524]

Ngl, the news caught me by surprise because I have never heard of it before

[@CornballPath420]

no one here says "buy-kol" tho

[@kailawkamo1568]

Ikr lol.

[@chloebangco3752]

yeah, it's "BEE-kol"

[@trinsit]

For anyone that Actually wants to fix this without corporations locking up the food supply with patent seeds, look into permaculture. Keep everything organic with WAY higher yields than factory farming and chemicals. Stop this stupidity. It doesn't matter how you alter the seed if you keep destroying the soil.

[@davidadcock3382]

Permaculture does work growing bulk commodities Solenya.

[@hyojinlee]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@calllus9397]

Thanks for this vid Want to still become a geneticist