07-26-2015, 06:57 AM
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/...uture.html
From the article:
“It’s made raising a healthy crop easier,” said Davis, who farms 3,600 acres of corn and soybeans in Delaware County. “We can do it non-GMO, but we’d need more pesticide and labor. (GMOs) make it a lot easier on the farmer.
“We all want safe, economical food, and this is how we can do it for the masses.”
and:
“One of the biggest questions or uneasiness is, ‘Are they safe?’ There is a perception that they have not been well tested, and that is inaccurate,” said Margaret Smith, professor of plant breeding and genetics at Cornell University. “There has been quite a bit of testing.”
Smith points to a 2014 report that pooled the results of more than 1,700 recent studies on GMOs — about a decade’s worth of research — that concluded that there is no evidence of danger to humans.
“I feel comfortable,” she said. “I don’t think there is any credible evidence of concern at this time.”
and further:
"According to a report published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2014, the use of insecticide on corn declined 90 percent between 1995 and 2010. The USDA also said the active ingredient in RoundUp — glyphosate — is less toxic than the herbicides it replaced."
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From the article:
“It’s made raising a healthy crop easier,” said Davis, who farms 3,600 acres of corn and soybeans in Delaware County. “We can do it non-GMO, but we’d need more pesticide and labor. (GMOs) make it a lot easier on the farmer.
“We all want safe, economical food, and this is how we can do it for the masses.”
and:
“One of the biggest questions or uneasiness is, ‘Are they safe?’ There is a perception that they have not been well tested, and that is inaccurate,” said Margaret Smith, professor of plant breeding and genetics at Cornell University. “There has been quite a bit of testing.”
Smith points to a 2014 report that pooled the results of more than 1,700 recent studies on GMOs — about a decade’s worth of research — that concluded that there is no evidence of danger to humans.
“I feel comfortable,” she said. “I don’t think there is any credible evidence of concern at this time.”
and further:
"According to a report published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2014, the use of insecticide on corn declined 90 percent between 1995 and 2010. The USDA also said the active ingredient in RoundUp — glyphosate — is less toxic than the herbicides it replaced."
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