What Is a Genetically Modified Food? - Instant Egghead #45

Genetically modified foods have been demonized in recent years by health advocates and environmentalists alike. If we look at the history of food cultivation, however, it is apparent we've been eating them all along. Scientific American editor Eric R. Olson explains.
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[@RainAngel111]

It's hilarious to see people claiming that this guy is a puppet, or spewing propaganda. All he is doing is explaining what GMO's are. That's just the facts.

[@RainAngel111]

Rod Martin, Jr. Like I said in my other comment THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES THAT MAKE GMO'S BESIDES MONSANTO. Obviously you've just got it into your head that Monsanto is evil and therefore wrong. Even if the Monsanto study was flawed, there are hundreds of other studies backing up the conclusion that GMO's are safe. Take a look at this article: gmopundit.blogspot.ca/p/450-published-safety-assessments.html You make it sound as if only 2 studies have been done. That's ridiculous. try to do a little more research. "If Monsanto is so proud of their GMOs, why don't they have them labeled? Why don't we have all packaged food (most of it) labeled with GMO if they use any such products. Why don't we have animals fed GMOs labeled as "GMO fed?" " Obviously because it would affect sales. Most people don't know very much about GMO's, and it makes sense. You don't need to know about bioengineering and genetics to be an accountant or a lawyer or a hairdresser. This is part of why GMO's sound so scary. "What?!? they're putting genes from animals in my food?! DANGER!" it's a gut reaction of fear to something unknown. Unfortunately, the anti-gmo fear spreads a lot faster than the information that GMO's are actually safe. Personally, if they labelled GMO products, I'd start buying only GMO's, just to screw with anti-gmo people, but most people won't do that. It's like the gluten-free craze. In general unless you have an allergy to gluten, it's going to be more harmful than helpful to eat completely gluten free. Yet Gluten-free products are now a billion dollar industry. If GMO's were labeled, it would validate everyone's fear that they're dangerous "why would they need to label it if it were safe?" they would say. And it's true. If it's safe, there's really no need to spend the time and money labeling them and putting label standards into law.

[@bodvarmanen5437]

***** Agreed with you CZY. RainAngell states others need to do more research before spouting out against Monsanto, but Monsanto is the giant of the industry. Also, RainAngell, a few of my good friends worked or currently still work for some of the these companies...for example ConAgra Foods, McDonalds, Tyson Foods, Coca-cola, etc. I used to be a consultant and worked on numerous projects the beverage industry for major companies that owned subsidiaries like Snapple Beverages, Energy Brands, Hansens Brands, etc. I can tell you without a doubt that my friends continue to tell me NOT to eat their foods. It's that bad.

[@davidadcock3382]

Bodvar Manen All most all insulin used by diabetics today is made from Genetically Modified cells(gmo). Before genetic engineering(gmo), diabetics injected insulin extracted from pig and cow pancreases. Some diabetics had allergic reactions to insulin from animal pancreatic tissue. Through genetic engineering(gmo), the insulin gene from humans is inserted into bacteria. The bacteria act as miniature(gmo) factories pumping out an insulin protein identical to human insulin. This insulin is then purified and used for human medical purposes.

[@RainAngel111]

Shelby Thompson That is completely untrue. Do you know what gluten is? It's a protein that is in many grains and is always in wheat. How long have we been eating bread? How long have we been eating wheat period? For a really long time. that's how long. I can guarantee you, 200 years ago, 99% of breads and pastas had gluten in them. Also gluten is completely harmless unless you have an allergy, which less than 1% of the population does. In fact, many doctors have stated that a gluten free diet can be lacking in essential nutrients.

[@CraigBlack123]

Shelby Thompson Gluten is not man-made. It’s a natural protein found mainly in wheat, rye, barley, and oats. It’s also present in many processed foods as a thickener, which is why some might assume gluten isn’t natural.It’s important to understand that gluten isn’t only found in wheat and wheat products. It’s also in any food made from barley, rye, oats, and some other grains. According to experts at the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland, foods which are absent of wheat gluten may not be free from other grain gluten, so it’s important to be aware that wheat is not the only source of gluten in food. Advocates for consumer safety also warn that cross contamination makes producing gluten-free products impossible if they’re processed in the same facility as foods that contain wheat and other gluten grains.

[@urdeadnan4152]

pov: your in science class

[@aenaishigami7885]

Hahahahaha

[@lemancitriton260]

Perhaps

[@agirlhasnoname7602]

*You•are=You’re* #thankathirdgradeteacher

[@mi_c_s2039]

@@agirlhasnoname7602 he literally said that he is in science class, not an English class XD

[@a_.h.u.m.4.n5]

Real

[@greynocturnal6204]

This was really useful for my science project! Thanks.

[@brendafaithful8267]

Do you believe everything you see on you tube?

[@jekblom123]

@@brendafaithful8267 Do you disbelieve everything you see?

[@yoimiyasgf6459]

@@brendafaithful8267 ik this is from a year ago but I have to 'believe' this since my teacher linked it for a project

[@brendafaithful8267]

Ye of little knowledge

[@brendafaithful8267]

@@yoimiyasgf6459 I understand

[@jake6449]

Anyone else watch this in science class?

[@photoart2394]

I have been summoned by my Biology teacher.

[@eden5264]

@@photoart2394 SCIENCE CLASS

[@user-pi7sj4wm8p]

I’m actually watching this for a Cultural Geography/MUN Class.

[@Teethofabadger]

yessir

[@neonking2198]

Jake Dawson y

[@gurusubhani]

One of the finest briefing I have seen so far . Best wishes for your channel .

[@slaterbarry]

First video on KZbin that actually supports GM! Thank you so much:)

[@photoart2394]

There are videos like this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXQlIuPpZ2rq5Y

[@Kamadev888]

actually, I think YT nowadays mostly supports GMO- and that's bad.

[@oliverjudson1834]

@@Kamadev888 why

[@duongphan5058]

@@Kamadev888 yeah why U are explained that GMO is good

[@emma-cl9lm]

i disagre

[@uhohhotdog]

Theres a big difference between making corn that's sweeter and corn that produces it's own pesticide.

[@venlil]

Caffeine is the pesticide

[@SmittenKitten.]

What's the difference?

[@michaelking8903]

roundup, has been and is used.

[@LipsOfCandy89]

Selective breeding and GMO's are different things. While there is an unanswerable debate around GMO'S I think the main issue with this video is that it makes GMO's seem natural by comparing it to a system, selective breeding, that in reality in incredibly different and should not be correlated with.

[@user-lt1xy9mv5b]

'Natural' is an artificial category invented by humans. The Nature doesn't care about natural. Every stuff is natural in the same degree. This is a sham partition.

[@Fujoshi1412]

I think the main issue is not all GMO are what people think. They’re thinking of the term bioengineered. Which tells you automatically this was made in a lab and given genes it can’t get though a breeding process. GMO can mean a lot of things and generally seems to be a useless term much like all natural or free-range.

[@ChristopherMei86]

I know, but most people think of nature as something almost "magical" not involving chemicals, atoms and molecules, those words just scare them. That's basically the key to this whole thing, sadly even in the western world we haven't figured out how to teach basic level science in high school. I'm from Italy, here high school is divided in different addresses (classical, linguistic, scientific, technical schools, etc), and unless you choose a scientific one, science is basically non-existant.

[@David-vo5cz]

I’m not crazy about the idea of GMO foods. Interesting about the corn, but it was done through a natural process. They weren’t mixing it up with something totally different. Tomatoes have been ruined because they tampered with them in order to have them uniform in shape and have them ripen at the same time. Turns out the gene that controls shape also controls taste. Tomatoes in my youth tasted great. Now they are like cardboard. I read that in the newspaper a few years back. I am not a scientist. Who knows what the ultimate effect will be when you’re screwing around at a cellular level with what I consider limited knowledge of the ultimate outcome.

[@janetgrogan9006]

The video said that GM is the same as natural crossing but speeded up, but we know this is far from the truth. As for testing we have food regulatory bodies that rely on data provided by the very companies that will benefit from their approvals. The majority of the studies are neither peer-reviewed nor published, and it is extremely difficult to get access to the data as the German and French Governments have found along with many independent scientists. Assumptions of safety is not enough.

[@xdpenguin2752]

when the teacher decides to show this vid instead of teaching themselves

[@RichardGMoss]

the same people who have been ordering a double bacon cheese burger, fries and a Coke are shocked when they are told that the wheat is GM. Come on, get real people.

[@bashkillszombies]

Go eat your tofu, hippy.

[@RichardGMoss]

BaSH PROMPT Congratulations on an irrelevant comment!!

[@charlesmrader]

At the time you posted that comment, there was no GMO wheat at all. There is now some GMO wheat being grown commercially in Argentina but has not yet reached maturity to be harvested.

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

So true Richard.

[@miltonsolorio646]

I had to watch this for class lol

[@meemoomeemoo4725]

same lmao

[@speng01]

Thank you fro setting things straight, good work!

[@freequaintseas1852]

Idk man why does the FDA approve both food and drugs? More than half the things on store shelves are NOT approved by the FDA. If you read the labels they put on there for you.

[@popeyegordon]

Number of people or animals killed by GMO food worldwide: 0 Number of people who got sick from GMO foods worldwide: 0 Number of global catastrophes caused by GMOs: 0

[@sharonpuryear1917]

I find this topic on GMO's interesting. Cows that produce human milk? I know we've been ingesting GMO's for years.

[@TheDaniel366Cobra]

Every bit of food getting down to our bowels is quickly attacked by a multitude of enzymes. As we chew, amylases start breaking down starch into dextrin. When the food mass gets to the stomach, it is doused with very potent hydrochloric acid, the proteins curdle and denaturate, before being clipped into small bits by a protease called pepsin. In the duodenum, the resulting half-digested mass mixes with bile from the gallbladder and enzymes from the pancreas. The bile emulgates fats, turning them into tiny droplets, after which pancreatic lipase breaks them into glycerine and fatty acids, which are absorbed into the lymph by the intestine; the pancreatic peptidase called tripsin finishes destroying the proteins down to amino acids, which are further absorbed into the bloodstream; pancreatic amylase completely destroys dextrins to glucose, which is also absorbed; and finally, nucleases cut any genetic material (DNA or RNA) entering the duodenum into single nucleotides, which are the same for all species of animals, plants, fungi and bacteria. The nucleotides are absorbed and utilized. That is why GM food is perfectly safe - no harm can be done to our organism by some extra genetic material. It will get cut and processed, like any other DNA coming into our GI tract. Relax.

[@RodMartinJr]

***** Wrong! Some people have been found to have intestinal flora (past the HCl barrier) that has acquired the genetic trait of producing insecticide! GMOs need to be tested far, far, far more before being released for human consumption, but FDA execs used to work for Monsanto. They're no help. Conflict of interest. Seralini's very similar study to Monsanto's 3 months, went on for 2 years and found massive cancerous tumors, renal failures and sterility. GMO's are potentially a loaded gun -- a loose canon.

[@TheDaniel366Cobra]

Rod Martin, Jr. Bacteria have the mechanism of ingesting extracellular bits of DNA without destroying it. It's called bacterial transformation. Animals don't have this mechanism.

[@popeyegordon]

@@RodMartinJr Bullshit. That never happened.

[@hispanicchad8393]

@ all of you guys: you guys are arguing about digestive functions and bacteria and shit in a youtube comment section. that's dumb. get a life.

[@bigkongenergy6054]

@@RodMartinJr Can you give a link or citation to what research or study showed this. If cannot, people are just going to assume that you talking about things you really don not know about.

[@sistarofficial]

Thank you! Very informative ❤

[@greglast8016]

I'd like to see these supposed studies to show GMOs are safe. Never ever seen one. None have ever been presented to the FDA, but that's okay, former Monsanto employees run that dept.

[@popeyegordon]

The FDA approves GMO foods because if their unique nature. We have other major safety agencies. You sure have not looked much, there is a global consensus on GMO safety. GMO 20-year safety endorsement: 280 science institutions, more than 3,000 studies "Currently, there is a social and political controversy about the safety of foods produced from genetically modified (GM) crops. However, in the scientific community, there is no dispute or controversy regarding the safety of these crops. To date, more than 3,000 scientific studies [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] have assessed the safety of these crops in terms of human health and environmental impact. These studies together with several reviews performed on a case-by-case from regulatory agencies around the world have enabled a solid and clear scientific consensus: GM crops have no more risk than those that have been developed by conventional breeding techniques. In addition, there is also extensive literature that compiles the socioeconomic and environmental benefits that transgenic crops have reported in two decades of commercialization [9,10]. This document brings together the public statements of technical and scientific institutions that adhere to this consensus. I made an update based on this document from ChileBio that initially included 40 official documents representing about 190 institutions - the document from ChileBio was subsequently updated in 2017 with the institutions and statements attached here. The update shows that 284 technical and scientific institutions recognize the safety of GM crops and their potential benefits. Interestingly a large part of these institutions are located in Europe, the continent that has put more obstacles to the commercialization of these crops. On the other hand, the countries with most organizations in favor of GM crops are United Kingdom (33), United States (25), Italy (23), Spain (16) and Germany (11). In conclusion, 284 technical and scientific institutions recognize that GM crops are not riskier than those produced by conventional breeding, and/or the potential benefits of these crops." geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/06/19/gmo-20-year-safety-endorsement-280-science-institutions-more-3000-studies/

[@greglast8016]

@@popeyegordon I choose not to ride in the helicopter.

[@popeyegordon]

@@greglast8016 There is no fucking helicopter, there is only the international language of science called the peer reviewed study. You failed to prove any of the 284 institutions I linked are wrong. You failed to prove that even ONE of the 3000 studies I linked are wrong. Looohooozerrr!!

[@greglast8016]

@@popeyegordon each gmo is unique and requires their own unique studies. You can't say, "I made a robot and its good, so all robots will be good" thats silly. This is the same as the nuts that say, "all vaccines are safe" or "all vaccines are bad" which both are false. So you can't tell me by any stretch of imagination that because some GMO's have tested safe that it means all are. I have Zero trust in both unchecked science that has the potential to do so much harm. Not to mention all the normal crops that have been cross pollinated thus contaminated by gmo's leading to some pretty f'd up land grabs by companies that infected others crops. but what ever, all I can do is control what I eat. Business are going to do what they want, and you or me aren't going to change a darn thing.

[@charlesmrader]

@@greglast8016 You are correct, but you seem to be aware that some GMOs have been tested and the tests have not proven them to be safe, and those GMOs are not approved and not grown. There is even an exception in the case of Starlink corn, which was tested by the developer, test results shown to FDA, and the FDA disagreed with the company about whether safety was proven. Specifically the novel protein in Starlink was not digested quickly enough and FDA considered that it could possibly be an allergen. The company complied with FDA's decision, but came back with data that showed the protein digesting much much faster in some food animals' digestive tract, so they asked for permission to grow it as an animal food. FDA unwisely allowed that and some Starlink corn accidentally got into the human food supply, although there was never any allergy caused by it. The other widely known case of a GMO food kept off the market for safety reasons is the soybean with a Brazil nut gene. In this case, the developing company, itself, found that the novel protein was an allergen, cancelled the project and furthermore it produced a protocol to prevent it ever happening, and FDA adopted that protocol. When the industry brags that its food is safe, it is entirely because of their extensive testing.

[@deeboystatus]

We can debate this issue of the negative effects of GM foods on humans forever. However, we need to keep in mind that earth's population is growing and so is the demand for food.

[@jmdstudio6176]

So die with added chemicals in food to produce longer shelf life and more increase rate in cancer over the last 10 years or .....people should stop being selfish and poping out 3 to 6 children all the time. We need a Thanos!

[@superjeans100]

@@jmdstudio6176 what if Thanos snap makes you and your family the first to disintegrate :0 shiiiieeet

[@ashlita333]

The population only grows into disease . We have to wake up

[@huimin_279]

@@jmdstudio6176 u got ur wish, covid 19 is here....

[@charlesmrader]

@@jmdstudio6176 The major problem with your claim about the increase in cancer rate over the last ten years is that it is actually a decrease. A substantial decrease, which began in 1993 after sharply increasing from 1974 until 1992. The first GMO foods reached consumers in 1995. During the whole time GMOs have been in our food, cancer rates, per 100000 population, have decreased rather steadily. Unfortunately, the decrease is much more for men that for women, but even for women the trend is slightly better than flat. Check out the National Cancer Institute's SEER data base, the largest and most reliable data on cancer in the US.

[@rebeccairwin3928]

Not all of them are modified using natural means. There is some foods with pesticides inside of them. Which, if i remember correctly, says DO NOT EAT in bold letters...........

[@malaikahsaadiq]

This is so helpful! Thank you!

[@emma-cl9lm]

i actually found this very unhelpful

[@jamriangjindawed2734]

Next you will say that Monsanto is a benevolent organization interested in preventing human hunger. You can keep your tomato, I will just turn the light on to cut mine. Water Buffalo

[@MidnightBreezey]

The UK needs to engineer all of its food to produce vast amounts of fluoride.

[@Seag-Gaming]

guess what haters, we humans are also GMO's.*koff* lactose *koff*

[@sxyngel]

DO NOT MESS wITH MOTHER NATURE , NEVER ENDS wELL. only she knows things that will enable survival.

[@ArborealOreo]

Too bad Scientific America left out the details about why people hate GM foods, and the facts and myths about those conceptions of GM foods. Besides making plants that are resistant to even worse doses of a poison so that they can use more drugs on the plant, I really don't think there are many things horrible about GM foods.

[@deeboystatus]

Love this video.

[@abelclinton9011]

I'm writing this in July 2024 Nigerians are already protesting again GMO food says its causing cancer kills our immune system

[@MooMooMath]

Thanks for the video

[@NJ-vk1dg]

What about the fact that all GM food tastes like paper. Hooray! Sliced apple wont go brown, such joy!. I personally avoid eating those kind of apples. Sliced apple going brown means it is rich in iron and it benefits your health. They can take all their GMO and shove it.

[@popeyegordon]

The only fact here is that you are a science illiterate liar brainwashed by the propaganda campaign of the organic foods cartel. Apples that do not brown are a great way to reduc food waste and reduce the use of preservatives. Non-browning apples and potatoes are a huge success. We took and shoved your science iilteracy. Non-browning apples have the EXACT SAME IRON CONTENT you idiot. *People Strongly Against GMOs Had Shakier Understanding Of Food Science, Study Finds* Jan 26, 2019 "People who most intensely oppose genetically modified food think they know a lot about food science, but they actually know the least, according to a peer-reviewed paper published in January in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. GMOs are widely considered safe by scientists, but opponents have said they want more science on the potential harm so that subjective arguments aren't part of the equation. However, previous surveys have shown that providing more scientific facts about GMOs to people doesn't change their minds. The survey, conducted by four universities, asked 2,000 people in Europe and the United States how much they knew about genetically modified food, what their opinion was and how intense it was." Read the full coverage at: www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/26/687852367/people-strongly-against-gmos-had-shakier-understanding-of-food-science-study-fin The original peer reviewed study is here: www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/study-people-opposed-gmos-don-t-know-much-about-science-they-think

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

Can science please make luminescent food? My meals are just too damn boring.

[@sophiajustice4818]

Well they have already made glowing beer with GM yeast kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5K6lZJ4mtJ2g7s

[@TheEditingAtelier]

Your head looks like the egg in the intro ayelmao

[@jacobandjulestriajoe]

IKR

[@madeleinemanrique]

bob marley said: don't let them fool you,or even try to school you

[@popeyegordon]

Who cares what a drug addict thinks.

[@tobias7985]

@@popeyegordon Drug addict? My guy, he was a part of the rastafari religion. Its their culture and marijuana wasn't used recreationally (that includes him aswell). Marijuana is only used during religious practice.

[@popeyegordon]

@@tobias7985 Well duh, it is a culture of drug addiction! You fool no one with the suggestion it is only used in services. That's total bullshit.

[@tobias7985]

@@popeyegordon thats an extremely ignorant and close minded view you have.

[@popeyegordon]

@@tobias7985 Absolutely not. You are a fukwit just for saying that. I support our honest hard working farmers and crop scientists while you conspiratards spit in their faces. *People Strongly Against GMOs Had Shakier Understanding Of Food Science, Study Finds* Jan 26, 2019 "People who most intensely oppose genetically modified food think they know a lot about food science, but they actually know the least, according to a peer-reviewed paper published in January in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. GMOs are widely considered safe by scientists, but opponents have said they want more science on the potential harm so that subjective arguments aren't part of the equation. However, previous surveys have shown that providing more scientific facts about GMOs to people doesn't change their minds. The survey, conducted by four universities, asked 2,000 people in Europe and the United States how much they knew about genetically modified food, what their opinion was and how intense it was." Read the full coverage at: www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/26/687852367/people-strongly-against-gmos-had-shakier-understanding-of-food-science-study-fin

[@dusky186]

@SciAmerican Sorry about the message, typing on phone is hard. Basically, i feel like alot of commenters feel you underreported the science of the other side of the argument. People don't mind the fact that its GM, what people dont like is the history of unethical pratices by GM organizations. Like the university that lied about cloning a human ear.

[@Ali-ji4tb]

Genetically modified food are genetically by adding genes from other organism

[@dusky186]

@SciAmerican people dont like GM b/c its genetically altered. People dont like it because of the economic or environmental damage it causes. There are some unethical GM companies. Ex. Monsanto whose had a nonseed insecide immune bearing corn or wheat strain thats growing wild in the midwest. (I forget if its corn or wheat). Monsanto has been using its legal muscle to avoid paying massive fines. On the other hand there are good companies like the vitamin rice strain from china.

[@charlesmrader]

First, your example is wheat. It was a few plants of a variety that had been tested and found OK but never grown commercially. The total amount of wheat seeds found was less than a pound, which if it got into the US wheat supply of fifty million tons would be totally free of any bad effect. But there was economic damage because the anti-GMO fanatics got numerous wheat importing countries to briefly ban US wheat, benefiting their own in-country farmers, and, second, Monsanto DID pay for the caused economic loss to farmers. Third, the good company behind golden rice is not a company at all. It was developed by two scientists funded by an NGO, and they gave the GMO rice to the International Rice Research Institute for further development and testing. When it is finally approved, it will be distributed for free, which no company could do and survive.

[@popeyegordon]

Norman Borlaug quote: "There are 6.6 billion people on the planet today. With organic farming we could only feed 4 billion of them. Which two billion would volunteer to die?"

[@JonPaulDavis]

Why did you say "but the verdict is still out on some of the more exotic transgenic pairings?" Which pairings are these?

[@dusky186]

dusky186 @SciAmerican Eric R. Olson, point is that there are alot of people who feel you have underreported the science of the other side. Like i tried to say eareople d'

[@kayt3703]

Watching this while cooking ramen lol

[@veronicadiaz8535]

Keep Up your good work its amazing

[@pearsonhill6874]

Is GM foods safe for humans in the long term?

[@fretzellradomes3651]

Hi , can I ask if what are the process inorder to change the color of water, like i going to change it into Purple.

[@sarahcwienold5188]

The color of water is inherent to the molecules. two hydrogens, one oxygen. There is not much room for change there. However, you could add a purple pigment to a glass of water, that makes the resulting solution nice and pretty, but it still wouldn't change the water I don't think.

[@ya00007]

So what's the difference between non genetic modified foods and genetic modified foods?

[@sarahcwienold5188]

The only difference is the process I think. Genetic modification, or nowadays called genetic engineering, is done by a few methods, but generally it's from a process that involves something other than putting gametes together. E.g. a specialized bacterium can insert a gene from another bacteria into corn to produce a toxin that only affects certain insect due to a receptor in the insect's gut. Or genetic material from a virus can be put into papaya to allow its cells to attack any version of that genetic material and thus stay alive despite infection. In theory, some things, like the non-browning apple, could be obtained through traditional breeding, that's why it's hard to regulate certain GM organisms. I argue that the resulting product is more important than how it was obtained, because there are dangerous invasive organisms that result from entirely ordinary means, and many benign and benefitial GMOs. Of course, the opposite is also true, hence why new varieties of organisms obtained by any means should be evaluated equally.

[@SkyCharter]

Does the public have a right to choose or avoid GMO foods?

[@popeyegordon]

Yes, but it is pointless. GMO is a breeding method only, never an ingredient. We have a new sensible GM labeling law in effect this year. It rules out labeling any refined sweeteners or oils as GMO. THE PUBLIC does not give a shit about breeding methods like grafting, seed selection or hybrids, which equally change the gene codes of our foods. When THE PUBLIC equally demands to know about ALL breeding methods being used and not just GMO because the organic thugs launched a propaganda campaign against it, we will listen. Not before.

[@pearsonhill6874]

Very interesting how GM corn first started off as corn

[@ArborealOreo]

Most of the facts you listed there are in the video =/ btu the video said it was all tested. Whether genetic mutation is natural or unnatural doesn't concern the everyday person; whether it harms people in the short or long term or not does.

[@jessicakay9020]

[sarcasm] This is exactly what I am learning in school, and guess what they are teaching us (surprise, surprise)?! "Oh yes, I'm sure GMOs are safe." Now to be real: to quote the words of my uncle, "If it was meant to be in there, it would have been in there." As a Christian, God comes above man's take on science. I am sure that if God had felt it was safe or okay, he would have put those particular genes in our crops. On the other hand, I find it significant that one of my friend's sisters is a complete celiac when on North American soil, but European (take note that Europeans, for the most part, are much stricter with "new" things than North American countries) gluten products agree with her body just fine. I've heard some similar affirmations from others as well. Also, selective breeding is much different from all the "junk" that they do with living organisms now - in selective breeding, at least the genes stayed in the organism they were made for; all the transgenic organisms nowadays are given characteristics from who-knows-where. You can't base your faith on science; it's completely fallible, and it can take years to discover that something that was considered safe is actually not safe.

[@jessicakay9020]

Well then why is my friend’s sister able to eat wheat products in Europe (whose acceptance of GMOs is much more stringent than in the Americas), but cannot eat them in the Americas? How are we to say that adding a gene that is not meant for an organism will not modify the original genes of that organism (therefore, causing an intolerance or worse of a certain protein)? How many things created in science were considered safe for decades, before further tests proved them to be harmful/ toxic to humans and/or the environment and/or other living organisms? We won’t know the harmful or toxic effects of GMOs until maybe decades later. Check out the video of Dr. David Suzuki entitled, "Professor David Suzuki speaks out against GMOs." (By the way, he is a doctor, not just a professor.) P.S. Selective breeding is not the same as genetic engineering - plants selectively bred still, at least, have genes they are meant to have (they are just expressed more or less or not at all); whereas, genetically engineered organisms actually become different - they are not the same organism anymore, because something has been added to their genome

[@charlesmrader]

@@jessicakay9020 Can you give us an example of a genetically modified food that contains gluten? I don't think there are any such. Please be careful not to mention corn gluten, because despite the name that is not gluten, does not cause celiac disease or any other gluten intolerance.

[@oopsitzlucy]

when u have to watch it over and over again because the last time u werent paying attention or is it just me its just me :/

[@popeyegordon]

It's your short attention span generation. No easy fix except maybe two extra years of grade school.

[@lilmoonari]

@@popeyegordon not that deep, sometimes people doze off because it’s boring + don’t pay too much attention to what a book or video is saying. It happens. No need for extra school years.

[@popeyegordon]

@@lilmoonari No. My comment stands. The US has started turning out a generation of science illiterate youth who have screen addictions to computer games and social media. I see them here every day. If they think it is boring or not worth their attention that is a failure of educators that must be fixed. This should not happen.

[@lilmoonari]

@@popeyegordon adding on years would just add on more stress and people will still choose to not pay attention. unnecessary.

[@popeyegordon]

@@lilmoonari No. Vital to the survival of our generation. Trumpistan proved it.

[@id8tionist]

You missed the fact that most foods we eat are products of genetically being modified via artificial selection. Besides that, you have displayed a wonderful use of the "Appeal to Nature" Fallacy.

[@JonPaulDavis]

The reason I ask is that this line, at the end of the video might plant a seed of doubt about the general safety of this technology or regulatory regime. And as you suggest in the intro to the video, this is a hot issue is science communication. Thanks.

[@2feak99]

What up y’all I’m in mid Garcia class rn

[@2feak99]

Shri

[@mariusorosz-kovacs1504]

We are not GODS

[@popeyegordon]

Nor are you educated. You are just superstitious.

[@obes8]

New Beginnings

[@lucasundborn489]

This is cool

[@lucasundborn489]

pigs are cool

[@lucasundborn489]

corn is cool

[@popeyegordon]

40 years ago that word used to mean something.

[@Faith-lj4ex]

I don't trust eating GMOs I wouldn't even feed them to my pet biobeast

[@blixxsage5775]

don't eat anything then. seriously tell me what hasn't been genetically altered? what's so horrible about it? do you look at a golden retriever, German Shepherd ect and think they weren't selectively bred just like these cows and chickens?

[@blixxsage5775]

do those kinds of dogs seem unnatural to you? no you are used to them. if you open your mind its really no different with these plants and animals except instead of selectiley breeding a dog with wrinkly skin we are making cows that grow bigger , chickens that grow bigger without feathers and bigger fish ect. its not like they are feeding them dangerous chemicals. its just biology

[@fflewddurfflam5820]

"Biobeast" is hands down the coolest name to give your genetically altered pet lmao

[@ruthpumarejo5775]

Worth noting that no long term studies of GM foods on human health have been conducted thus far.

[@popeyegordon]

Wrong. Because GMO foods are identical in every way to other foods from other breeding methods, all long term studies about nutrition apply equally to GMO, organic, conventional or heirloom foods. Worth noting that the first rule of FDA guidance is that GMOs must be substantially equivalent to their non-GM counterparts or they will not be approved.

[@JeffCfreeradiorevolution]

Is this freaky guy genetically modified?

[@paragdatta2558]

yeah, dont tell anyone though its the governments seceret

[@mercytoday]

Did the bald guy throw shade at 0:34 people wanting to eat non-GMO foods?

[@christydr]

The GMO foods on the market have not been thoroughly tested.

[@kelseypeyton7260]

Hybrids and GMO are conpletely different things, I feel like you probably confused some people by i correctly explaining hybridization and comparing them to GMOS

[@eu29lex16]

yeah.

[@haticecelep5997]

Perfect video!

[@EzPeasZ]

Still waiting for that tomato 😑

[@MushroomValleyGal]

I agree.

[@zaynumar0]

Genetically modified foods are very interesting

[@henryhlorgbey7522]

going back in time, we are looking at pollination. go back to your 8th grade science.

[@2rkaww]

Henry Hlorgbey onmmmm

[@alexagonzalez3734]

I hope you know he was talking about the Neolithic Era. And I’m in 6th grade which means your the 8th grader :)

[@fochbear]

Ya, cause 'thoroughly tested' is always a guarantee of safety. I'll stick to food that's stood the test of time, like a safety record of hundreds of years

[@ratsmacker6916]

But can we get pigs with wings?

[@SydneyChromatic]

Buffalo pork

[@pearsonhill6874]

There are also many positives from GM Foods.

[@teotlveliz379]

does natural flavors means what it appears to say?

[@witchfit5442]

The Teotl Report-l no I don’t think so

[@BayAreaComposter]

Who else is watching this for science

[@elijahangel2473]

So we have the knowledge to genetically modify foods dna but not fix cancer which is cell mutations

[@popeyegordon]

There isn't just one cancer. There are thousands. We do have cures for some of them.

[@laurieolson7425]

Nobody has been testing what this stuff does to our Human Microbiome. Watch Microbiome Madness right here on KZbin and think about this again. Short term studies aren't good enough and the long term population study isn't looking good when you compare the health of Americans Canadian and US to that of people in the UK where they have labeling or banning of GMOs. We have opted out of this science experiment.

[@ItsOneInAMillion]

Laurie Olson Yes they have, it has no affect on the human flora. If you hear otherwise, it is nothing but fear mongering to try and get money from the uneducated in science (ie, you).

[@laurieolson7425]

There must be a memo out from Monsanto because this is a new tactic that I've seen in the last few days. Since we don't want to be lab rats in the GMO science experiment perpetrated on the populations of the USA and Canada without our consent, then we are anti-science. I'm not anti-Science, I'm anti-high handed scientists who think they know best but have this glaring shortcoming. They lack common sense. Even grade school children can figure out that when you spray something with poison and it kills bugs, maybe you shouldn't be eating it either. Did you even watch the video? I doubt it.

[@ItsOneInAMillion]

It's been tested in the lab time and time again, has been on the market for 20 years and no one has ever died or gotten sick from it. Organic foods use far more toxic chemicals and pesticides and are worse for the environment. I can tell you're not from a science background and it's a shame that you need a science degree to understand how GMO technology works. And no, there's no memo from Monsanto, I happen to be educated and have actually done experiments in the lab.

[@laurieolson7425]

You are delusional. Have a look at Nancy Swanson's charts that have been appearing in the Examiner. Watch what Anthony Samsel has to say about some of those tests that Monsanto did. Why did they only publish the 90 day studies and not the much longer studies? Why did they try to hide the longer studies behind some trade secret screen? I'll tell you why. I'd lay odds that those rats in that long term study did just as poorly as the rats in the Seralini study. I don't want to bet on my families health. We have opted out of this massive feeding study and all of us feel much better than we did when we didn't know what we were eating as the stuff is not labeled. Thanks so much to the GMA and the Agra-chemical companies for that. Heavy sarcasm.

[@ItsOneInAMillion]

You have no idea what you're going on about. The people you mention prey on the people with weak science background and continue to push baseless fear mongering. It's actually very profitable, just look at the supplement and organic food industry. Everything you mention is false. I don't know if you're ignorant or flat out lying. Actually there ARE plenty of long term studies that have been done AND they are also independent. This is a review of 12 of them: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691511006399 "We examined 12 long-term studies (of more than 90 days, up to 2 years in duration) and 12 multigenerational studies (from 2 to 5 generations). … The studies reviewed present evidence to show that GM plants are nutritionally equivalent to their non-GM counterparts and can be safely used in food and feed." I'm sorry to say but you're being fed misinformation. You're illiteracy in scientific knowledge is being manipulated for profit. There is a reason why there is a scientific consensus in this issue, and it's not a conspiracy. The Seralini study was retracted because it was so poor. Any student that's taken toxicology or research analysis 101 would tell you the flaws in that study.

[@Jamesmasselos]

same

[@ashleyschmitt32]

Corn is also indigestible so…

[@SydneyChromatic]

I can guarantee you that if this dude found a tomato he could cut in the dark in a grocery store he would be the last one to eat it

[@popeyegordon]

There are no GMO tomatoes.

[@MushroomValleyGal]

YOU'RE RIGHT!

[@RogueVoxProductions]

His IQ dropped significantly for me once he said "Anyways".

[@brettweerasooriya3776]

I love genetically modified foods NOM NOM

[@oliverjudson1834]

nom

[@ksvelusamy]

You’re my hero thanks

[@matteoflorio4159]

You didn't tell us what it is exactly.

[@Oodlenoots]

Tell us what what is?

[@TRAVELLEROFWORLDS]

Eat responsibly. Natural and Artificial Selection hand in hand.

[@WeirdFishStick]

I LIKE TRAINS!

[@hispanicchad8393]

ok

[@oliverjudson1834]

crunch

[@arameh]

I don't know if this was a troll but I LAUGHED and then laughed some more. LOL. You forgot to mention humans laying eggs and giving birth to a full calf.

[@zzmkhl]

pov: you have a biology test tomorrow

[@crazyboy_6672]

Ytüden gelenler sa kardeslerim. Hepimizin derdi ortak... Bu dersi geçebilmek. Bir umuttur yasamak arkadaslar. Henüz türkçem a1 seviyesindeyken ingilizcemi b2 mi ne ondan yapmaya calısıyorlar:(

[@orgiophant93]

Pigs that glow in the dark? I thought it was fluorescence, not phosphorescence...

[@popeyegordon]

DEAR CONSPIRACY THEORISTS You're not "special" You're not "awake" You're not enlightened You're not one of the few You're not an expert You're not a messenger for a daddy in the sky You're not an investigator You just have internet access And you don't know how to use it properly.

[@girgisnazier2694]

Is anyone else here because they bought American candy from the internet and then your dad found out and looked at what’s in it and then made you watch this vid 😂😂

[@popeyegordon]

Your dad was wrong. All sugars are the same. Refined sweeteners and oils will no longer be labeled GMO even when they come from GMO crops. Why? Because the refining process removes all traces of DNA and stray proteins. Refined Organic sweeteners are chemically identical to GMO sourced versions. Our new labeling law ends the practice of labeling 'GMO sugar'. It's just sugar. Your dad is science illiterate but maybe not his fault, education is poor in many countries. Teachers refuse to ignore propaganda from organic farmers that has spread around the world.

[@JaniceChambers2003]

Wow!

[@destinycohen3047]

Who got answers

[@popeyegordon]

All answers here: GeneticLiteracyProject.org

[@lilytaylor2867]

yep science

[@dclnb2010]

why would they do that to a pig????

[@popeyegordon]

To learn.

[@CloverStarz]

People that say this stuff is safe go buy and eat it everyday and feed it to your kids, after 1 year come reply to me how your doing

[@jahlaydominguez5761]

Uhm, we've been eating GMO stuff for years, and probably you have too. Oh, and check your closet, I guarantee 90% of the cotton cloth in it is from a GMO plant (you might even be wearing some now, I know I am). Last I checked I don't have cancer or whatever it is you're worried about. I've also been in contact with a lot more GMO's then most people, and again, still not sick. So in response to your comment I say I'm doing just fine and I have no reason to not feed Bt corn to my children.

[@RainAngel111]

GMO's have been approved for sale in markets for around 30 years now. So I've been eating an indeterminate amount of GMO foods my whole life... I feel pretty fine. If I could, I would eat a completely GMO diet. They're cheaper, have more nutrition and I want to support the growing genetic technology sector, because I want to work as a geneticist in the future. GMO's forever!

[@bestviners1466]

RainAngel111 yes been approved by FDA. who owns that? oh the government. who owns the government? the illuminati They can make anything be approved into our lifes that is poison. while they sit there with their own private crops that are founder seeds

[@RainAngel111]

Conan swift robinson lolololol illuminati.

[@ThePanteraCoverBand]

Ad Hominem. Try attacking the argument.

[@jeaneos226]

Science class any one?

[@juanjuandad]

so-called science?