Why are GMOs Bad?

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Why are GMOs bad? They aren’t. They just aren’t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We’ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every other organism, produces hundreds of thousands of proteins, but one or two of them are proteins that were chosen specifically by humans. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Chris Peters, John Szymakowski, Peso255, Fatima Iqbal, Justin Lentz, and David Campos. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: GMO Salmon http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/a-giant-leap-into-the-unknown-gm-salmon-that-grows-and-grows-2085856.html http://www.aquabounty.com/products/products-295.aspx How are GMOs Made http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/transgeniccrops/history.html http://www.hudsonalpha.org/education/kits/gmod/gmos-made Glycophosphate / Monsanto http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/glyphogen.pdf http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-transgenic-crops-and-732 http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/08/11/genetically-engineered-crops/ http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/landingpage.cfm?articleid=ca.v054n04p6 http://www.scq.ubc.ca/transgenic-crops-how-genetics-is-providing-new-ways-to-envision-agriculture/ http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef130.asp http://agbiosafety.unl.edu/education/summary.htm http://medicine.jrank.org/pages/2902/Transgenic-Plants.html http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug11/BtLooper.html http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/failure-to-yield-brochure.pdf http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2011/11/genetically-modified-food-explained/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ready-to-eat-the-first-gm-fish-for-the-dinner-table-8430639.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=genetically-modified-crop http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ready-to-eat-the-first-gm-fish-for-the-dinner-table-8430639.html http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/life-cycle-genetically-modified-seed http://passel.unl.edu/pages/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=958077244&topicorder=4&maxto=7&minto=1 http://passel.unl.edu/pages/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=958077244&topicorder=3&maxto=7 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/business/20crop.html http://benthamscience.com/open/tonutraj/articles/V004/3TONUTRAJ.pdf http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/agweb/index.php3?number=72724

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Ehehe, Fallout homage. Good riddance lil' Green

DONT BE FOOLED Eating large amounts of pesticides is dangerous....end of story....This is Corporate Banking cartel propaganda using the technique of Obfuscation (a form of verbal communication intended to obscure the meaning of whats being said by willfully making the information harder to understand, ambiguous & intentionally confusing.......its the same technique made famous by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan in his explanation of the crooked techniques used by the Central Bank (The Fed) to manipulate the monetary system to benefit its private owners and keep the public ignorant of their activities

PAID TO LIE

"Altered Genes, Twisted Truth" by Steven M. Druker is a must-read book for someone who dreams to avoid cancers and have his/her children and grandparents in normal health. Whoever didn't read it, does not know even 1/10th of one percent of the data and facts about GMO. Get educated truly well.

International Rice Research Institute HQ--I went to the university near it. :)

bull crap your with them u fucking puppet

Sounds like the cigarette guys in the 70s and 80s. "Our product is harmless. Go ahead and smoke." To say that that GMOs are "just an organism" is specious and obsequious to the GMO apologists. We were not created/evolved with the organisms that the "scientists" have developed. There's a reason why GMOs have been banned outright by other nations, why they must be CLEARLY labeled when they are allowed. These countries have the science to back up their actions to ban GMOs. To compare selective breeding to a GMO is a simple prevarication. The apologists and their masters, by ignoring or screaming loudly about non-industry funded research and those noncomplimentary results, have done their damnedest to keep negative results out of the media. Meanwhile, our GMOs here are drenched with RoundUp (the real reason for many GMOs - to make money for the herbicide/pesticide companies) and we feed that to our children. Our health and lifespan have been declining steadily (for the first time since 1993, our children's lifespans are expected to be less than ours), and it's not because these "foods" are providing excellent nutrition capable of promoting vibrant health. Another industry hack video telling you that poison is okay. Go ahead and believe it at your own (and your families') peril. But don't take my word for it. Do your own research. At the very least, you will have learned something new.

"No GMOs for me and my family" she said, as she walked her modified wolf with 12 inch legs and respiratory problems.

There is no evidence whatsoever that GMO's are "toxic" or "poisonous". For any of you stupid anti-GMO people, read this: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/GMO

I'm hungry. ..Im headding to mcdonalds in my carbon spewing car to get a yummy gmo burger

"Soybens" :D

shut up

I used to think GMOs were bad, too. I was wrong. Please look into this more if you want to know the facts, as opposed to the typical propaganda.

Welp! If you can't beat 'em, Join 'em!
*grabs GMO beverage and popcorn and some modafiendz.

dogs are practically genetically modified wolves, just we modified them over generations through breeding and crossbreeding different breeds

speaking of which, i've heard that mutts actually live longer cuz they draw from a wider genepool

GMO is not bad by itself. The question is what kind of modification we added? How GMO influence the ecosystem? Also, who own the GMO (patent).

Round up ready GMOs are infused with pesticides that have horrible long term effects. Do you really think Round Up in our food is good? I think not.

Anti GMO-hysteria is entirely driven political ideology, not by reason. It is the left's version of climate change denial.

I don't give a fuck what anybody says. I will never feed my kids GMOs neither will i consume GMOs. Simple as! now fuck off you fast talking mother fucker!