Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), can protect plants from pest damage, produce more food on less land and improve a crop’s nutritional quality. A wide range of safety assessments are conducted to ensure that they are as safe as foods from conventional crops.

Still, many consumers question the safety of GMOs. This article provides background information of GMOs along with their history of safe use. Author Dan Goldstein, medical doctor and toxicologist, provides his perspective as to why the public debate has drifted so far from the scientific realties of the technology behind these beneficial crops. Just like Facebook and other news sources are challenged with “fake news”, the public debate on GMOs has drifted from facts to opinions. The full journal article can be accessed here: bit.ly/2fnTSk1

This paper takes key scientific and social allegations in the GMO debate and holds them up against scientific and factual information, highlighting the profound misalignment between allegation and fact.

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This paper takes key scientific and social allegations in the GMO debate and holds them up against scientific and factual information, highlighting the profound misalignment between allegation and fact.

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Goldstein, Daniel, A. (2014). “Tempest in a Tea Pot: How did the Public Conversation on Genetically Modified Crops Drift so far from the Facts?” Journal of Medical Toxicology. Volume 10. Pgs: 194–201. DOI 10.1007/s13181-014-0402-7
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