What transgenic products are, and why Russians are afraid of them?
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In this article we will tell you about the reasons for you not to be afraid of GMOs.
How often on the shelves you come across the products marked on the packaging “contains no GMOs”? I suppose that's not uncommon. Called genetically modified food, which has been modified so that the products acquired certain properties — such as the taste or ability to defend against parasites. If you pay attention to the vegetable section in supermarkets, a look will fall into a huge, dazzling red , watermelons without seeds, which are always sweet and seasonal fruits out of season. These healthy dishes will fill the mind with uncontrollable feeling of well-being. Most of these products have undergone genetic modification. But what does that mean? And as consumption of these products affects health?
What is genetic engineering?
Transgenic food products represent organisms that are composed of one or a few genes different from those that originally belong to them. With the help of biotechnological methods can be used , extracted from living entities, modify them in the laboratory and re-enter the same or another organism. The goal of genetic engineering — to give organisms special qualities, which they lacked — for example, protection from pests or viruses, the ability to withstand drought or some pesticides.
Although it's a controlled procedure and most of the techniques used to produce GMOs is allowed, they provoked intense debate between those who see the benefits , and those who point to the risks that these products may be hiding. This inconsistency is added by the fact that no law requires manufacturers to indicate which foods contain GMOs and which are not. According to biologist Alexander Panchina, author of the book , people are afraid of GMOs because they do not understand what it is. According to the survey, about 29% of Russians do not know that genes are not only genetically modified plants, but also ordinary. While more than 70% believe that hazardous to health.
Transfer on channel OTP on the fear of the Russians before GMOs
GMO dangerous for health?
In 2013, the researchers considered no less than a thousand publications on GMO. published in the journal . Scientists came to the conclusion that you do not pose a threat to the health of humans and animals. Genetically modified organisms — are animals or varieties of plants whose genes have been modified by the researchers in the lab. Also do not forget that all organisms on our planet over time, genes mutate. These mutations and changes are called evolution. The distinction between evolution in the natural habitat and the change in the genome in the laboratory is that laboratory researchers these changes in control. How do you feel about GMOs? Let's discuss the topic of genetic engineering with the participants .
Opponents of GMOs in the world a lot. A major role in the mass fear of GMOs has played a study led by Gilles-Eric Seralini, which was published in the journal but later withdrawn. The publication discussed the dangers of GMO corn, which allegedly causes cancer. The removal of the article means that the findings of the study are unreliable and contain errors. Shortly after the publication Seralini was withdrawn, the magazine published Alexander Panchina, with a detailed description of the inaccuracies Seralini.
Lab rat who took part in the study is incorrect Seralini
However, among the scientific community, still, there are opponents of GMOs. So, one of the main arguments against genetic engineering refers not to the products, and to method of their use: these products do not give viable seeds, so farmers are in a situation of complete dependence on suppliers — as a rule, large multinational companies, which control production. While many proclaim that the products will be able to feed the entire population of the planet, others note that the problem of world hunger is in distribution, not technology: food is for everyone, but it is badly distributed. Juan Felipe Carrasco, agronomist, who led the Greenpeace campaign against GMO in 2010, is one of the many opponents of this power because of their impact on the environment and loss of biological diversity which they entail.
As for us, the next time you find on the packaging of certain products the words “no GMO”, remember that she was there thanks to the awareness of marketers that more than 70% of Russians are afraid of GMOs, and this fear, as you can see, has no justification.
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