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GMO Facts is a place for scientific and fact based discussion on genetically modified organisms.

This subreddit is for factual discussion of genetically modified organisms. Any discussion about GMO's is welcome, however any facts should be able to be backed up with solid science.

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/r/GMOFacts

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GMO FW3?

I hope it is okay to ask this here, but what does "GMO FW3" mean? I bought some decoratable sugar cookies and on the plastic INSIDE the box says "GMO FW3" and I don't know if that means that it has GMO or if it doesn't have GMO or what. So, if you know, please tell me.

2 Comments
2023/02/26
23:07 UTC

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How long have GMOs existed?

5 Comments
2020/02/28
14:53 UTC

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More spicy plants?

Could it ever be possible to genetically modify apples to produce capsaicin or another spicy compound?

1 Comment
2020/02/09
18:44 UTC

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GMO Labeling

Just out of interest. I want to see what products labeled with something indicating they are/use GMOs look like around the world.

3 Comments
2020/01/29
17:01 UTC

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Request for GMO research not directly or indirectly tied to industry.

I'm looking for research done on GMOs and GM crops that is not tied in some manner to the companies developing and marketing GMOs. For example, I can find a large body of research on climate change not tied to oil and gas companies in some way. Is there GMO research not, in some way, tied to the companies involved with these products?

18 Comments
2020/01/17
18:36 UTC

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Alex Jones Fails to Understand GMOs (please forgive my subpar editing skills)

5 Comments
2019/05/20
20:07 UTC

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Survey!!!

Genetically modified food

Can you please answer this short survey about GMOs?

Thanks!

3 Comments
2019/03/25
20:17 UTC

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This is our perspective on GMOs, do you agree? Do you think GMOs are bad?

21 Comments
2019/03/24
13:25 UTC

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The Great Non-GMO Project Verification Swindle

1 Comment
2019/03/01
01:10 UTC

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LUSH Ltd

Just recently found out that LUSH is taking a side in the GMO debate. A few of their products have 'No GMOs' stickers and a link to the 'Beyond GM' website. A website which still supports Seralini and his study, not to mention, uses flawed information.

A company that spreads love and acceptance unfortunately now gave into the marketing ploy of fear-mongering to plug their vegan products and increase sales. It's a shame a majority of people can't tie the two things together.

2 Comments
2019/02/26
11:59 UTC

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Where can I find a study that proves GMO poses no further risk than non-GMO food when ingested?

My class is having a debate on this topic, I've found multiple articles that day thousands of studies have proven GMO is safe, but I can't find a singular study that explains what they did step-by-step that proved GMO is safe.

Links would be very much appreciated.

19 Comments
2019/01/10
04:50 UTC

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Can GMO cause Mad Cow disease and wipe out humanity?

I keep thinking about possible connection between GMO and prion-based diseases, such as Mad Cow. Can GMO organism cause Mad Cow? I do not intend to cause any flames, just get comments on my logic and facts.

  1. Mad Cow disease (AKA BSE) and similar diseases are thought to be caused by a random natural gene mutation in a cow. I an NOT talking about Mad Cow epidemic in Britain in the eighties - that was caused by bad farming practices. I am talking about random isolated cases like there were in Canada and Texas. See sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080912075208.htm

  2. Genetic engineering is similar to natural mutation, it also alters gene sequences and can, theoretically, produce exactly the same gene sequences that caused BSE. Or, may be, something completely unknown yet, that will cause similar condition.

  3. Mutated cow produces abnormal prion protein. If that cow enters food chain, that protein enters human body and begins multiplying. After a very long incubation period (many years or decades) human brain turns into sponge and causes death. There is no cure. See r/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant_Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease

  4. GMO proponents say that all human food, all agriculture is based on old mutations. We all eat mutated food. But spreading of those mutations in past centuries was very slow - many decades or centuries. If a farmer accidentally grew a toxic mutated food, that farmer and his customers died. One cow can be consumed by few hundred (or thousands) people. Even if all of them die, mankind as a whole will hardly notice. Successful GMO models, on the other hand, are manufactured in huge quantities in a short time period, they are sold to all farmers and their products are stocked in all stores.

  5. We are told that all new GMOs are very thoroughly tested and no harm could possibly happen. However, I have doubts that testers can identify all know prions before their sufficiently multiply. And what about yet unknown, undiscovered types of prions? Or something completely unknown with similar properties? They cannot test for unknown.

  6. I am told that GMO cows are still a rarity, their manufacture is not as widely spread as GMO plants. But I saw some research that prion-like proteins were already found in plants (yeast). See r/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415993. So, it may be only a matter of time before deadly prions are produced by GMO soy or corn. Currently GMO soy or corn is manufactured in huge quantities, sold in all stores and included in numerous foods.

  7. We are told that GMOs are on the market for few decades already and nothing bad happened yet, therefore they are safe. However, many new GMO models are made each year. So, the accident may happen at any time. May be it already happened, may be toxic prions already entered food supply and many years later we will all die. There is no cure.

Do you see some fundamental flaws in my logic? Can the worst case scenario really happen?

0 Comments
2018/09/26
06:27 UTC

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GMO labeling alternative idea. In an effort to stimulate conversation over rhetoric, a biochemist friend and I created a "Gene Facts" chart based on a food label that listed the gene sources for a GMO product. I feel the result is informative

1 Comment
2018/09/18
17:54 UTC

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