safeGMOs

Our campaign is focused on Golden Rice

We are not defending or proposing anything about all GMOs. However, almost all of the opposition to Golden Rice is based on the claim that GMOs are inherently unsafe.

Unlike most environmental issues, the safety of GMOs is not a divided opinion in the larger science community. Every Science Academy which has examined the technology has determined it is safe and none has said otherwise. The list below is opposed only by individual scientists or activist groups, some of whom who claim scientists as members.

References:

AAAS (October 2012) Statement by the AAAS Board of Directors On Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods, Available online at: http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/AAAS_GM_statement.pdf   (accessed 5th April 2014)

AMA (2001) Bioengineered (Genetically Engineered) Crops and Foods, Available online at: http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/PolicyFinder/policyfiles/HnE/H-480.958.HTM  (accessed 5th April 2014)

WHO (2012) 20 questions on genetically modified foods. Available online at: http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/biotech/20questions/en/  (accessed 5th April 2014)

NAS (2004) Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects. Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309092094 (accessed 5th April 2014)

RSM (2008) Genetically modified plants and human health, Available online at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408621/ (accessed 5th April 2014)

EC (2010) A decade of EU-funded GMO research. Available online at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/biosociety/pdf/a_decade_of_eu-funded_gmo_research.pdf (accessed 5th April 2014)

ACSH (2000) BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD. Available online at: http://acsh.org/2000/09/biotechnology-and-food-second-edition/ (accessed 5th April 2014)

ASPB (Date Unknown) Statement on Plant Genetic Engineering. Available online at: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/my.aspb.org/resource/group/6d461cb9-5b79-4571-a164-924fa40395a5/statements/genetic_engineering.pdf (accessed 5th April 2014)

ASCB (Date Unknown) ASCB Statement in Support of Research on Genetically Modified Organisms. Available online at: http://www.ascb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=315&Itemid=31 (accessed 5th April 2014)

ASM (2000) Statement of the American Society for Microbiology on Genetically Modified Organisms Available online at: http://www.asm.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3656&Itemid=341  (accessed 5th April 2014)

CSSA (2001) CSSA PERSPECTIVE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY. Available online at: https://www.crops.org/files/science-policy/cssa-biotech-perspective.pdf (accessed 10th April 2014)

WSF (2005) Genetically Modified Crops and Plant Breeding. Available online at: http://goo.gl/bd12Bn (accessed 10th April 2014)

CAST (2005) Crop Biotechnology and the Future of Food: A Scientific Assessment. Available online at: https://www.cast-science.org/download.cfm?PublicationID=2922&File=1030a75513ab37030c8f7fb4d6a443729335TR (accessed 10th April 2014)

SIVB (2011) POSITION STATEMENT ON CROP GENETIC ENGINEERING. Available online at: http://www.sivb.org/publicPolicy_CropEngineering.asp (accessed 10th April 2014)

IAS () Position statement on biotechnology. Available online at: http://www.isaaa.org/kc/Publications/htm/articles/Position/isas.htm (accessed 10th April 2014)

FASS (date unknown) FASS Facts: On Biotech Crops – Impact on Meat, Milk and Eggs. Available online at: http://www.fass.org/geneticcrops.pdf (accessed 10th April 2014)

14 Italian Science Organisations (2004) Sicurezza alimentare e OGM: Consensus Document. Available online at: http://www.siga.unina.it/circolari/Consensus_ITA.pdf (accessed 10th April 2014)

SOT (2003) The Safety of Genetically Modified Foods Produced through Biotechnology. Available online at:  http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/content/71/1/2.full (accessed 10th April 2014)

TWAS (2000) Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture. Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9889 (accessed 10th April 2014)

FAS (2002) Les plantes génétiquement modifies. Available online at: http://www.academie-sciences.fr/activite/rapport/rst13_recspe.pdf (accessed 10th April 2014)

UDDADW (2006) InterAcademy Panel Initiative on Genetically Modified Organisms. Available online at: http://www.akademienunion.de/_files/memorandum_gentechnik/GMGeneFood.pdf (accessed 10th April 2014)

ISCU (2003) New Genetics, Food and Agriculture: Scientific Discoveries – Societal Dilemas. Available online at: http://www.icsu.org/publications/reports-and-reviews/new-genetics-food-and-agriculture-scientific-discoveries-societal-dilemas-2003 (accessed April 10th 2014)

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