GMO FAQs
Agricultural biotechnology frequently asked questions
- What are GMOs?
- Which genetically engineered crops and animals are approved in the US?
- Where are GMO crops and animals approved and banned?
- Why is there controversy over GMO foods but not GMO drugs?
- How does genetic engineering differ from conventional breeding?
- What are CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs)?
- Are GMOs safe?
- Is glyphosate (Roundup) dangerous?
- What are we to make of the ‘Séralini studies’ claiming GMOs and glyphosate are dangerous?
- Are most GMO safety studies funded by industry?
- Why are there no long-term GMO safety studies or studies on humans?
- Are organic foods healthier than conventional foods?
- Organic vs. conventional using GMOs: Which is the more sustainable farming?
- Can GMOs rescue threatened plants and crops?
- Do GMOs encourage monoculture cropping and reduce biodiversity?
- Are GMOs and pesticides threatening bees?
- Do GMO Bt (insect-resistant) crops pose a threat to human health or the environment?
- Do GMO farmers ‘douse’ their fields in glyphosate and other agrochemicals?
- Is the Monarch butterfly threatened with extinction by herbicide resistant GMOs?
- What is plant-based, genetically engineered “fake meat” and why is it being developed?
- What does it take to bring a new GM product to market?
- Does Big Ag dominate crop research and the global seed supply, controlling the world food market?
- How are governments regulating CRISPR and New Breeding Technologies (NBTs)?
- Does Monsanto sue farmers who save patented seeds or mistakenly grow GMOs?
- Should genetically engineered seeds be patented?
- Are GMO foods ‘substantially equivalent’ to non GMO foods, as the FDA maintains?
