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The Human Health Benefits From GM Crops

It is easy to find opinions on the web about the safety of GM crops in the human diet. The preponderance of the evidence and opinions is now that the existing GM crops are just as safe as their…

Four dried plant panicles labeled "WT" (left) and "GOC Plants" (top), 10 cm scale.

Rice Plants Engineered for Better Photosynthesis Make More Rice

Researchers from scientists at South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou have genetically engineered rice to reduce carbon loss due to photorespiration. Photorespiration is common in plants…

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Extreme Opponents of Genetically Modified Foods Know the Least but Think They Know the Most

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Toronto, and the University of Pennsylvania found that as the extremity of opposition to…

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Study Finds That Adoption of Gm Crops Could Improve Health of Chinese Farmers

Glyphosate resistant crops increase the use of glyphosate while reducing non-glyphosate herbicides and insect resistant crops reduce the use of insecticides. A study conducted in China found that the…

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Agricultural Anti-GMO Activism Is Probably Not About the Technology at All

By Terry Daynard - Former professor of crop science, University of Guelph; executive vice-president, Ontario Corn Producers' Association; president, Canadian Renewable Fuels Association; chair,…