8 pressing questions about GMOs, human health and the environment

| | November 20, 2018
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[W]hen the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) sent … its latest report, stating that, “Biotech crops offer enormous benefits to the environment [and the] health of humans and animals,” we decided to investigate.

Here, with minimal editing, is our interview with ISAAA Chairman Dr. Paul S. Teng.

Why and how is biotech agriculture seen as a solution for the impending global food crisis?

Global food insecurity is still a leading problem in the developing world. According to the Global Report on Food Crises in 2017, around 108 million people in 48 food crisis-affected countries are still at risk, or in severe acute food insecurity ….

I–and many other experts across the globe–see biotechnology as a part of the solution. We need to allow farmers, especially those in developing nations, to have access to technology that enables them to grow crops in difficult climates and conditions.

  1. Background on Dr. Paul S. Teng
  2. What is Plant Biotechnology?
  3. Positive Aspects of Biotech
  4. Criticisms of GMOs
  5. Biotechnology Ethics
  6. GMOs in the USA
  7. Regulating GMO Crops
  8. Biotech vs. Climate Change

Read full, original article: Are GMO Crops the Future of Food? (An Intro to Plant Biotechnology)

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