GMO Expert Report: An Objective Scientific Investigation

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GMO Expert Report: An Objective Scientific Investigation

Conveniently download our 87-page Expert Report. Also contains links to extra reading materials, PDFs, videos, and scientific references.

The controversial topic of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is one which has divided the globe.

Some argue that GM crops hold the answer to world hunger, while others insist they are an abomination of nature, and a serious threat to public health and the environment.

With all of the loud voices shouting for and against GM foods, it can be very challenging for us to even understand exactly what GMOs are, let alone whether they present an emerging threat or a developing opportunity.

So, which is it?

Does consuming GM foods pose a genuine health risk? Or are there actually potential public health benefits to GMO production?

Could it be both? And, can you believe everything you read, either pro or against GMOs?

In this one-of-a-kind expert report, we investigate the latest research to offer you a neutral review of both sides of the GMO argument, so that you can learn the science of genetic engineering, digest the facts behind the fears, and decide for yourself.

You will not find anything like our examination freely on the internet. We go to the core of the scientific literature, leaving no stone unturned.

Grab “GMO Expert Report: An Objective Scientific Investigation” below:

Also contains links to extra reading materials, PDFs, videos, and scientific references.

Topics covered in this report:

1. A controversial environment
2. Separating wheat from chaff
3. What does GMO mean?
4. Frankenfoods
5. Genetic engineering methods
6. Illustration: DNA transfer techniques
7. Preparing genes before insertion
8. Building an insertion package
9. Keeping the promoter under control
10. Figure: Assembling a DNA segment
11. Activating inactive genes
12. Toxic plants
13. Increased risk?
14. Unintended consequences
15. Table: Comparing manipulation methods
16. Gene guns
17. Figure: Illustration of a gene gun design
18. Horizontal transfer between species
19. Agrobacterium tumefaciens
20. T-DNA as a natural occurrence
21. Why create new traits?
22. Bacillus thuringiensis
23. Figure: Cotton yields and GMO
24. Is there a risk to humans?
25. GM transfer into human blood
26. GM food production in Europe
27. GM food production worldwide
28. Table: GM foods on the market (by country)
29. What do consumers think?
30. Survey: Consumer beliefs about GM foods
31. Are you eating GM foods?
32. The effect of processing
33. Graph: Degradation of GM DNA
34. Risks of toxins and allergens
35. Health benefits no-one talks about
36. Enriched corn kernels
37. GMOs to improve nutrition?
38. Super bananas
39. Can it actually work?
40. Purple tomatoes
41. Industrial-scale flavonols in 1 tomato
42. Table: GM innovations for public health
43. Modification, or education?
44. The rise of the super-weed
45. Environmental balance
46. Palmer amaranth
47. Spreading resistance
48. Evolving weeds
49. Figure: Pesticide overuse
50. Both sides of the story
51. Where does the fear come from?
52. GM corn causes tumours
53. I smell a rat
54. When science is not science
55. A tale of two piggies
56. Lifting the veil
57. Table: Non-GM fed vs GM fed pigs
58. An objective look at the raw data
59. Random variation is not causation
60. We don’t have all the answers
61. 29 years of data
62. The final word?
63. Key takeaways
64. Learn more
65. References and resources

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Alex Ruani, Doctoral Researcher, is the Chief Science Educator at The Health Sciences Academy, where her team of accomplished scientists and PhDs are training a new breed of over 100,000 highly-specialised nutrition professionals who are leveraging the latest personalisation strategies to help their clients. She is a Harvard-trained scientist and UCL Doctoral Researcher who is fanatical about equipping health professionals with the latest science-based tools so they can succeed in their practices – from identifying the unique nutrient needs to building highly personalised nutrition programs. Besides investigating and teaching the latest advances in health and nutrition biochemistry, Alex makes it easier to be smarter with her free email updates.

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