The first GMO food was approved in 1994 (a GMO tomato that is no longer on the market), so we are getting close to 30 years of GMOs. Opponents of GMOs falsely claim that they have not been studied enough (there is more evidence for their safety than other food products) and that there may be long term unknown risks. They were wrong 30 years ago, but it was at least true that GMO introduction into the food market and animal feed was new. But the “new” argument, by necessity, doesn’t age well. By now, if there were any actual risk to GMO foods, we would likely be seeing the result – and we are not.
Each bioengineered crop is studied for safety, to ensure that they do not introduce any new allergens or toxins. They are more studied than non-bioengineered crops, even those produced through mutation breeding. The claim that they are not adequately studied is simply wrong and hypocritical.
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To date there have been over 3,000 studies looking at the health and environmental safety of GMO crops, without any evidence of harm or a legitimate safety issue. Based on this evidence, 280 scientific organizations around the world have declared that GMOs are just as safe as non-GMO foods and present no special risk. There is, in fact, an overwhelming scientific consensus that GMOs currently on the market are safe and pose no threat to the environment.
