{"id":8260,"date":"2015-07-18T06:10:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T10:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=8260"},"modified":"2015-07-11T19:10:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T23:10:31","slug":"why-are-gmos-bad-scishow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=8260","title":{"rendered":"Why are GMOs Bad? &#8211; SciShow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why are GMOs bad? They aren\u2019t. They just aren\u2019t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We\u2019ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every other organism, produces hundreds of thousands of proteins, but one or two of them are proteins that were chosen specifically by humans.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sH4bi60alZU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Hank Green<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nDooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters &#8212; we couldn&#8217;t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Chris Peters, John Szymakowski, Peso255, Fatima Iqbal, Justin Lentz, and David Campos.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nLike SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/dftba.com\/scishow\" href=\"http:\/\/dftba.com\/scishow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/dftba.com\/scishow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon:<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/scishow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/scishow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/scishow<\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nLooking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?<br \/>\nFacebook:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scishow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scishow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scishow<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/scishow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/scishow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/scishow<\/a><br \/>\nTumblr:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/scishow.tumblr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/scishow.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/scishow.tumblr.com<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thescishow\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thescishow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/thescishow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\nGMO Salmon<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/a-giant-leap-into-the-unknown-gm-salmon-that-grows-and-grows-2085856.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/a-giant-leap-into-the-unknown-gm-salmon-that-grows-and-grows-2085856.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/sci&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.aquabounty.com\/products\/products-295.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aquabounty.com\/products\/products-295.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.aquabounty.com\/products\/pr&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How are GMOs Made<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/cls.casa.colostate.edu\/transgeniccrops\/history.html\" href=\"http:\/\/cls.casa.colostate.edu\/transgeniccrops\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/cls.casa.colostate.edu\/transge&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonalpha.org\/education\/kits\/gmod\/gmos-made\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonalpha.org\/education\/kits\/gmod\/gmos-made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.hudsonalpha.org\/education\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Glycophosphate \/ Monsanto<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/npic.orst.edu\/factsheets\/glyphogen.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/npic.orst.edu\/factsheets\/glyphogen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/npic.orst.edu\/factsheets\/glyph&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/art&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/topicpage\/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-transgenic-crops-and-732\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/topicpage\/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-transgenic-crops-and-732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/topicp&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/2011\/08\/11\/genetically-engineered-crops\/\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/2011\/08\/11\/genetically-engineered-crops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/g&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/californiaagriculture.ucanr.org\/landingpage.cfm?articleid=ca.v054n04p6\" href=\"http:\/\/californiaagriculture.ucanr.org\/landingpage.cfm?articleid=ca.v054n04p6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/californiaagriculture.ucanr.or&#8230;<\/a><br 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title=\"http:\/\/www.chiefscientist.gov.au\/2011\/11\/genetically-modified-food-explained\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chiefscientist.gov.au\/2011\/11\/genetically-modified-food-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.chiefscientist.gov.au\/2011&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/ready-to-eat-the-first-gm-fish-for-the-dinner-table-8430639.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/ready-to-eat-the-first-gm-fish-for-the-dinner-table-8430639.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/sci&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=genetically-modified-crop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=genetically-modified-crop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/art&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a 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They aren\u2019t. They just aren\u2019t, not intrinsically, and certainly not for your health. We\u2019ve been eating them for decades with no ill effects, which makes sense, because a genetically modified organism is simply an organism, like every other organism, produces hundreds of thousands of proteins, but one or two of them are proteins that were chosen specifically by humans. Hosted by: Hank Green &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters &#8212; we couldn&#8217;t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Chris Peters, John Szymakowski, Peso255, Fatima Iqbal, Justin Lentz, and David Campos. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records:\u00a0http:\/\/dftba.com\/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/scishow &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? 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