GMO controversies - science vs. public fear: Borut Bohanec at TEDxLjubljana
As Chair of the Department of Agronomy, head of the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology at the Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, Borut Bohanec possesses a broad overview of classical and modern techniques of plant breeding. For many years he has been following advances in the field of genetically modified organisms and wishes for better understanding of the issue among the general public. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Simple logic tells me anything that is genetically modified is not from our Creator, it is human made and it's not natural. Creator made this world in balance and we have everything that we need to strive. GMO supporters base their arguments for gmo's on two main lies. First one is there is too many people on the planet and second one is there is not enough soil to produce food. They are both such a bullshit. If you take drive through country side in any place in the world u will see huge amounts of unused land and when u see that, think about these two lies. GMO is simply a way to monopolize the food market and destroy everything that our creator intended us to have.
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The science confirms that GMOs are 100% untrustable and should be banned in every way. Not only that but all research pertaining to GMOs should be BANNED. These technologies will ruin everything if they are allowed to develop. The people conducting this "research" are not intellectuals but lab-hands, like kids playing with chemicals in the chemistry lab. They really know and understand very little about science.
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Available on Amazon kindle: Yes to GMOs: For us and the environment
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It's more easier to deceive a person than for that person accepting he was lied to.
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they would
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If they are so safe why do anything and everything in your power to prevent its labeling? If safe you would be proud to label your products.
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Was Borut Bohanec advised by Monsanto to quote Goebbels? Keep eating GMOs so that we can profit out of your deaths? He is lying: there are no long term safety studies on GMO crops. The Seralini study (2yr FU) was withdrawn because it pointed to increased toxicity in NK603 (GMO) maize fed to rats past 6 months.
Males (rats)presented 4 times
more large palpable tumors than controls which occurred up to 600 days earlier.
Biochemistry data confirmed very significant kidney chronic deficiencies; for
all treatments and both sexes, 76% of the altered parameters were kidney
related. These results can be explained by the non linear endocrine-disrupting
effects of Roundup, but also by the overexpression
of the transgene in the GMO and its metabolic consequences. -
+17000 articles on GMO safty => How can we know if the multiplicity of theses articles are here to drown scientist under "we are checking the validity of the 2nd article then we go on the 3rd". In other words : Are they reliable ?
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Its cheaper and less risky to take a Vitamin A pill. GMO supporters spend hundreds of millions or probably a billion to get politicians and others to support GMOs. Anti-GMO supporters probably do not spend nearly as much. Who is actually wagging a propaganda war?
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GMO supporters keep avoiding the main thing anti-GMO people are fighting about. Do unbiased and multiple long term studies of GMOs. This guy is mentioning scientific article about not giving a high-level overview of what the studies are doing. Some are sponsored by GMO companies and massages to make their products look good. Forget about the benefits marketing wants you to believe about GMO and just do the LONG-TERM and UNBIASED studies. Keep GMO companies, their lawyers and lobbyist from getting involved if the study show evilness of GMOs (most important). Do that and the anti-GMO supporters will shut up. Why won't they do this? It seems like they are trying to make their money before this becomes another DDT or Agent Orange.
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Hemp provides a full omega complex. Why doesn't he state that? Also, we all understand how great GMO's can be. Why don't the scientists articulate the side effects and the cons?
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this mother fucker is lying about GMO and GMO is causing many issues on animals. There was a study done for 10 years by an independent laboratory and a group of scientist who proved that all animals that were fed the GMO had a health problem. All the data is available for all to see and test it. Most GMO foods are tested for 3 month when in fact the studies show that at around 4 month the health problems start to happen.
SIR, HOW MUCH DID THEY PAID YOU! -
Monsanto puppet. Fucking bleek. Sell out for being bought out. so weak old man, so weak
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Wow, GMO hating tards are everywhere.......
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Bottom line is that current scientism corporate sponsored test are mostly untrustworthy. The evidence where this exist most is within the pharmaceutical industry. If we are in a true democracy, corporations must respect the demands of the majority despite what the science says. Until we know for certain what effects GMO's are having, the public should not be used as lab rats like the pharmaceutical industry constantly gets a free pass for doing.
One current great example of politicians using science/scientism as a way to enforce laws on products is with marijuana. They will say, "there is not enough scientific evidence to support making it available to the public, we don't know enough about it, therefore it should be restricted until we know more" . Well, if these same politicians were really concerned about the public's health, they would apply that same logic to GMO's and make them illegal until we know more. -
He trying to say gmo's are safe??
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after reading this comment section, i truly see why science backed facts will always be swept aside by fear mongering conspiracy theorists
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ted is becoming like a freeway, any one can advertise for his company
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This guy is making me nauseous! I found a video on Youtube, where some Russian citizens came to America, and you know what they said? They said our food was tasteless, apples don't even taste like apples... I've been telling my mom for years now, that I do not enjoy eating like I used to, because the food is tasteless, and now these Russians confirm the fact. Look at those stupid tomatoes in the video... Let's look at the apples in the stores, I was going to buy some, before reading on the label, "This product has been coated with an edible wax"... What next, Cynide, must be good if it passes FDA inspection, and has waxy coating. This country makes me want to vomit!
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I personally feel this old man or scientists is being sponsored by GMO companies. He says only positives of GMOs. We can accept the good but I shall put forth the negatives.
1. It will take nearly 100 years for humus in the soil to develop. When non-GMO crops are grown there is constant slow depletion of humus content. But the GMOs will deplete the humus content of the soil very soon. Next after some years to make our agricultural fields productive we will be forced by the GM Bio tech companies to buy fertilizers which these companies specify. In this process, Our humus content is gone and we are made dependent on their fertilisers also. This is the 1st case of indirect slavery era...
2. In the GM crops grown field when we try to grow Non-GM crops their yield is well below the normal yield. So these GM companies again will force us to buy their seeds for better productivity. Ok let us consider that productivity is good. But if these activities continue even countries will become indirect slaves to the 5 companies which have patent rights over them and which will try continue their hegemony not only in peaceful times but also during war times....
3. Environmentally effect.
ancient, medieval and modern farmers have grown some crops like corn, etc. through cisgenic and transgenic methods. We living beings have taken nearly 10000 years to adapt to our body. The testing is done certain areas eg. temperate zones. and will be approved and is well patented. Later that tested crops will be grown in tropical areas. Thos might produce unwanted consequences like the one that happened in India in to Bt.Brinjal which caused a huge loss to farmers and caused a huge environmental damage to the agricultural fields. Those farmers have already become slaves of these companies...
These crops when introduced produce superbugs which we have to handle seperately...
Actually we human beings are healthy not only based on what we consume but what our bacterias in the gut, etc. consume and if the good bacteria develops great colonies then we are healthy...So our bacterias intake will take some years to adopt the new chemical reactions. The bacteria have to evolve. The evolution cant just happen in some days...that we should mind...
4. Economic perspective
The trade would stumble. But the economy of US and its companies will thrive and hegemony even over agriculture will begin marking the beginning of US bio war era. US can threaten any country. In world more than 50 % of GM crops are grown in US and in future they will impose their GM primary goods over other countries making trade 100% in favour of them...
5. Military and War perspective
We should remember Agent Orange in Vietnam now. In case war happens between countries US and allies will stop supplying its GM seeds and GM fertilizers and will make the country to starve by artificially creating Famine...
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