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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
What are they & how they affect health, bodies, animals & the environment
Agenda
What are GMOs? Where are GMOs grown & labeled? Why are GMOs made? Who makes GMOs? How are GMOs made? Do GMOs affect the environment? Why do some people avoid GMOs? How to avoid GMOs More information, Q & A
Raise Your Hand
Do YOU know what a GMO is?Genetically Modified Organism
Genetic Engineering
Genetically Modified
Hint: it’s NOT evolution
GMO: What is it?
DNA from two different species are combined to create a new species Examples that exist:
Goat & spider Salmon & ocean pout Soybean & BT (bacteria) Corn & bacteria We EAT this daily!
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GMO: What is it?
US Crops Main food for US Corn* Cornstarch, corn syrup,
corn oil Soy* Soymilk, tofu, soy lecithin Canola Canola oil Sugar beets Sugar Cotton Cottonseed oil, tampons Squash Zucchini, crooked neck HI Papaya Papaya from Hawaii * Main ingredient of US raised cows, pigs & chickens
80% of what you buy in the grocery store contains GMOs
GMO: Where are they grown? GM crops & food introduced in mid 1990s 2005 world production map of GMOs.
Solid orange - produce more than 95% of GMO productsOrange stripes - produce commercialized GMO products. Orange dots - participating in experimental GM crops. Image by pixeltoo
GMO: Why are they made?
Pest/insect resistant crops Ex: BT Corn or BT Soy
Weed resistant crops Ex: Round-up Ready
Increased yields for first 2-3 years, then decreasing yields thereafter Chemical fertiziler + chemical plant = chemical crop Crops need more & more chemicals to control the
superweeds Agent orange resistant crop is awaiting approvals 2009 Failure to Yield, UCS Study Rodale Institute, Chemical vs. Organic, 30-yr Farming Trial
GMO: Who makes them?
Bio-tech companies:(Monsanto, Dow AgroSciences, ConAgra, DuPont) Make chemical
fertilizer and chemical-resistant crops
Sell both products to farmers
FDA role: Expects the bio-tech
companies to test their own products
GMO: How are they made?
Equipment: DNA gun Petri Dish
Ingredients: Species 1 DNA Species 2 DNA Virus Promoter Marker Gene
GMO: Do they affect the environment? Increased herbicides in ground & water Cross pollination with other plants Contaminates organic crops Increased super weeds Push heirloom crops into extinction Creates nutrient-deficient soil Kills insects
GMO crops DO NOT feed the world
GMO: Why do some people avoid them? No long term human feeding studies done It kills bugs (we have good bugs in our
digestive tracts) Unpredictable side effects of
genetic engineering Increased infertility and
miscarriages amongst farm animals when fed GMO feed
GMO: How to Avoid GMOs
Buy Organic, when products contain corn, soy, canola, sugar, cotton, squash, & hawaiian papaya
Look for the NON GMO Verified Logo Download free app from
www.nongmoshoppingguide.com Avoid at-risk ingredients
GMO: More information, Q&A Local Label GMOs Chapter (http://www.labelgmos.org/ ), Email me at [email protected] More information
Movies: Food Inc. King Corn Genetic Roulette Future of Food
Interview: Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Don Huber about GMO ~(2 parts) http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4swW9OFmf8 Websites:
GMO crops & sources – http://www.responsibletechnology.org/gmo-basics/gmos-in-food
GMOs FAQs - http://www.responsibletechnology.org/faqs Educational Brochures and more - http://seedsofdeception.com/store/
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