Welcome to /r/GMOMyths! This is where anyone can point out how uninformed the average interweb denzian is about biotechnology, farming, Bayer or other basic science facts. Sit back, relax, cook yourself a batch of GMO popcorn and enjoy the ramblings of the misinformed!

Submit glaring inaccuracies of GMOs, Biotechnology, Bayer, farming/agriculture from either Reddit or any website. Remember that no matter what you actually know accusations will be made that you work for an agribusiness giant.

“Every mods of /r/GMOMyths are either shills or highly mentally disturbed” - u/They_Wont

Rules

1. All links posted from Reddit must contain the "np" in the URL. e.g. np.reddit.com/r/AskReddit
2. Under no circumstances will personally identifiable information will be allowed. e.g., facebook profiles of non-celebrities
3. Please take a screenshot and host to imgur whenever possible. This decreases traffic going to sites which make money off of misinformation such as NaturalNews.
4. No vote brigading or calls to "vote brigade".
5. No doxxing. i.e., don't attempt to find personal information about the moderators of this subreddit. You will be reported to the administrators.
6. All shill accusations must have evidence the accused works for a corporate PR firm.

7. Any attempt to defend Bayer in /r/socialism results in a ban because a true comrade loves his echo chamber

8. Follow Rediquette. We enforce good faith commenting and have little patience for trolling.

9. We are not your personal army. Do not link to comments you're engaged with.

GMO FAQs

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• What are GMOs?

• Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be defined as organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur in nature. The technology is often called “recombinant DNA technology” or “genetic engineering”. It allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one organism into another, also between non-related species.

• Because they offer advantages over traditional breeding processes. Ultimately, both consumers and producers benefit from GMOs. Genetically engineered plants benefit the producer/farmer by offering traits that a.) decrease costs b.) increase efficiency/productivity. Ultimately, this results in lower food costs for the consumer by eliminating negative production factors. In addition to providing benefits to producers and consumers, biotechnology can benefit the planet, too. This is accomplished through bioremediation. There is exciting potential for the use of GMOs to clean-up polluted water and land streams through engineering remediation traits into them. In addition to bioremediation, engineering resistance traits into the plants reduces the costly and overuse of pesticides.

• No - they are just as safe as any other "conventional" counterpart. There are much more important things to worry about health-wise.

Common GMO Myths

• Monsanto sues farmers who have GM seed/pollen/whatever contamination on their farmers, thereby making them go into bankruptcy - like Percy Schmeiser

• Wrong. Monsanto has sued very few farmers. Read this summary.

• There is no scholarly sources from reputable journals that back-up any claim of detrimental health effects from GMOs. In addition, on a biochemical level it doesn't make sense how GMOs could harm any of your physiological systems.

• No, they kinda don't. There are hundreds of producers of conventional, hybrid seed out there. There are several other major companies that also make GMO seed, too.

• No. Look up the active ingredients. 10 seconds on Google and you would realize this is factually incorrect.

• In comparison to herbicides used in the past, it is actually very safe for animals and the environment. Unless you have chlorophyll, you will be fine.

• Why? It is necessary to protect investment into R&D. It is nothing new as a result of GMOs. In fact, it has been going on since the 1950's with the development of hybridization with the development of Plant Patent Act (1930) - long before Monsanto was ever in the seed business.

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Helpful Links

• Biofortified - independent academia professionals on GMOs

• GMO Answers - get answers to your questions about GMOs from EXPERTS

• Center for Science in the Public Interest: Biotechnology

• Complete List of GMO Plants and Animals with dates of approval

• Complete list of Peer Reviewed GMO Studies

• /r/GMO

• /r/GMOFacts

• /r/GMOSkepticsForum

• /r/Farming