Another, keener health risk concerns something I heard about The Omnivore’s Dilemma. The problem with some GM foods I hear is that they are far lower in nutritional value than other foods.
It’s been a while since I looked this up, but if memory serves several GM crops have been modified to produce extra nutrients. Except for knock-on effects of modification for e.g pesticide resistance I don’t see any reason why someone would engineer nutrients out of a crop. And of course, if you eat a balanced diet with a variety of foods you’ll probably be fine nutrition-wise.
That was how I rationalized it. I’m really not sure about my last paragraph up there, I just felt it needed to be said in case it contributed meaningfully to the discussion.
Rest assured I will be doing more exhaustive fact checking in the future.
It’s been a while since I looked this up, but if memory serves several GM crops have been modified to produce extra nutrients. Except for knock-on effects of modification for e.g pesticide resistance I don’t see any reason why someone would engineer nutrients out of a crop. And of course, if you eat a balanced diet with a variety of foods you’ll probably be fine nutrition-wise.
Hypothesis here: if you engineer plants to optimize for maximum good-looking yield, there might be some loss on nutrients.
That was how I rationalized it. I’m really not sure about my last paragraph up there, I just felt it needed to be said in case it contributed meaningfully to the discussion.
Rest assured I will be doing more exhaustive fact checking in the future.