Nutrition Wonderland » Monsanto

GMOs: Does Regulation Ensure Safety?

Christie Wilcox — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:21:59 +0000

The public's biggest concern when it comes to GMOs is their safety. There are a lot of misconceptions about genetic engineering. When pressed on science of GMOs, I have often heard people fear that the genetically modified material in the foods they are eating will somehow mutate their DNA too. While logically it sounds like that makes a bit of sense, scientifically its nonsense. So how do we test for and ensure that GMOs are safe? Allow me to introduce you to the complex world of genetic technology regulation. Image credit: kevin dolley on flickr.

GMOs: Frankenfood or Evolutionary Advance?

Christie Wilcox — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:22:40 +0000

Why are crops and animals being modified? What GMOs are currently on the market? What new GMOs are being created? Good questions... (thanks to klar!! on flickr for that cool art.)

Underground Wellness: Monsanto – Farmer Suicides in India

John Serrao — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:24:05 +0000

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Purple Tomatoes Go GMO to Cure Cancer

John Serrao — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:26:15 +0000

Researchers at John Innes Centre in the UK have used successfully created a purple tomato by using genes from the common snapdragon flowering plant. Tomatoes natively possess the genes required to make themselves purple but normally these genes lie dormant. By inserting borrowed genes from the snapdragon plant, the researchers engineered the tomato to activate the usually dormant genes. The tomato plant was designed intelligently with promoter sections of DNA inserted in front of the snapdragon genes, so that the tomato plant would only turn its ripening fruits purple and not its leaves.