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GMO FAQs
Agricultural biotechnology frequently asked questions
Fundamentals
What are GMOs?
Which genetically engineered crops and animals are approved in the US?
Where are GMO crops and animals approved and banned?
How does genetic engineering differ from conventional breeding?
What are CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs)?
Why is there controversy over GMO foods but not GMO drugs?
Farming & Food
Are GMOs necessary to feed the world?
Can genetic engineering improve crop yields?
What are “Superweeds”?
Do GMOs cause “superweeds”?
Are GMOs to blame for the mass suicides of Indian farmers?
What is nutritionally enhanced Golden Rice and why is it controversial?
Health & Safety
Are GMOs safe?
Are organic foods healthier than conventional foods?
Is glyphosate (Roundup) dangerous?
Why are there no long-term GMO safety studies or studies on humans?
Are most GMO safety studies funded by industry?
What are we to make of the ‘Séralini studies’ claiming GMOs and glyphosate are dangerous?
Sustainability
Do GMO farmers ‘douse’ their fields in glyphosate and other agrochemicals?
Do GMO Bt (insect-resistant) crops pose a threat to human health or the environment?
Are GMOs and pesticides threatening bees?
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?
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?
Labeling
How are GMOs labeled around the world?
Why has the US FDA opposed mandatory GMO labeling?
Why are many cheeses, wines, beers, vitamins and oils—made with GMO ingredients—labeled or banned in some jurisdictions and not others?
What are mutagenized crops and why they are not labeled and regulated?
Regulation
Should genetically engineered seeds be patented?
What does it take to bring a new GM product to market?
Does Monsanto sue farmers who save patented seeds or mistakenly grow GMOs?
Does Big Ag dominate crop research and the global seed supply, controlling the world food market?
What’s the controversy over ‘terminator’ seeds?
How are governments regulating CRISPR and New Breeding Technologies (NBTs)?
Are GMO foods ‘substantially equivalent’ to non GMO foods, as the FDA maintains?
Fundamentals
What are GMOs?
Which genetically engineered crops and animals are approved in the US?
Where are GMO crops and animals approved and banned?
How does genetic engineering differ from conventional breeding?
What are CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques (NBTs)?
Why is there controversy over GMO foods but not GMO drugs?
Farming & Food
Are GMOs necessary to feed the world?
Can genetic engineering improve crop yields?
What are “Superweeds”?
Do GMOs cause “superweeds”?
Are GMOs to blame for the mass suicides of Indian farmers?
What is nutritionally enhanced Golden Rice and why is it controversial?
Health & Safety
Are GMOs safe?
Are organic foods healthier than conventional foods?
Is glyphosate (Roundup) dangerous?
Why are there no long-term GMO safety studies or studies on humans?
Are most GMO safety studies funded by industry?
What are we to make of the ‘Séralini studies’ claiming GMOs and glyphosate are dangerous?
Sustainability
Do GMO farmers ‘douse’ their fields in glyphosate and other agrochemicals?
Do GMO Bt (insect-resistant) crops pose a threat to human health or the environment?
Are GMOs and pesticides threatening bees?
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?
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?
Labeling
How are GMOs labeled around the world?
Why has the US FDA opposed mandatory GMO labeling?
Why are many cheeses, wines, beers, vitamins and oils—made with GMO ingredients—labeled or banned in some jurisdictions and not others?
What are mutagenized crops and why they are not labeled and regulated?
Regulation
Should genetically engineered seeds be patented?
What does it take to bring a new GM product to market?
Does Monsanto sue farmers who save patented seeds or mistakenly grow GMOs?
Does Big Ag dominate crop research and the global seed supply, controlling the world food market?
What’s the controversy over ‘terminator’ seeds?
How are governments regulating CRISPR and New Breeding Technologies (NBTs)?
Are GMO foods ‘substantially equivalent’ to non GMO foods, as the FDA maintains?
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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)?