Judging GMOs Case by Case — The End of the U.S. Orange?
Anyone who’s spent time researching the GMO issue knows how heated the debate is. In the Wild West known as YouTube comments, I was recently labeled as “dilusional” for questioning the validity of some pro-GMO research. I’m sure after this post, someone will label me a GMO proponent — just another day in the life of a writer working amidst the GMO Controversy. Yet, when labels are placed (or in some...
Fighting E. Coli With GMOs?
Anyone who’s ever had an E. coli infection won’t forget it quickly. Last May, 16 people became sick from E. coli linked to clover sprouts. Another outbreak at the same time had 12 people sick from ground beef, and last year 33 people fell ill from ready-made salad mix. And that’s just to name a few. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) is the one most commonly heard about in the news in association with foodborne...
Upstream or Down?
As much as we all wish that the way humanity treated science always resulted in crystal clear truths, our science also sits within a social structure, and can often be infiltrated by politics (among other things). Kristine Mattis, an interdisciplinary environmental scholar with a background in biology, earth system science, and policy, has written an article differentiating what she calls “upstream” scientists from...
A Nutty Kind of GMO
GMO PEANUTS If you have a peanut allergy, the thought of actually eating a peanut can be downright frightening. But what if you could eat an allergy-free GMO peanut? Would you trust it? Thanks to the revolutionary genome editing technology CRISPR/Cas9, there’s a new kind of GMO, and the proteins that cause peanut allergies may be tweaked so you no longer have a reaction. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are typically made...
Could GMOs Help Fight Cancer?
Cancer isn’t a pleasant topic, but it’s an all too important one right now. After Heart Disease, Cancer kills the most Americans every year. 584,881 people a year, in fact, according to the CDC. Millions of Cancer research dollars are spent, yet many people wonder about the payoff. According to the National Cancer Institute Research Portfolio in 2011, breast cancer receives the most funding for research. “This is...
Homegrown GMOs at SXSW?
SXSW conjures up images of indie bands and films, not biotechnology. But homegrown SXSW GMOs? Really? A Canadian company, Synbiota, answers, “Yes.” They rented a house and hosted a biohacking party at the March 2015 SXSW festival. In between sipping cups of beer from a keg in the backyard, party-goers could use software on a laptop in the living room to design a custom plasmid – a loop of DNA – that will turn E. coli...
RESOLVING THE CONTROVERSY
Here at the GMO Controversy Blog, we document as much of the GMO controversy as we can, to help raise awareness.
But the most important work we're doing is over at The Walk a Mile Project, where we're working diligently to actually resolve the GMO controversy itself. CLICK HERE to visit walkamileproject.com and learn how you can help us make a difference.
ARE GMOS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER GENETIC MANIPULATIONS?
FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK
