On May 22, the "Approaching GMO" section of the front page of the Farmer's Daily published a popular science article explaining whether genetically modified foods of public concern "will affect future generations". The article said that since the commercial cultivation of genetically modified crops in 1996, the cumulative cultivation of genetically modified crops in the world has exceeded 40 billion mu, and billions of people in more than 70 countries and regions around the world have eaten genetically modified agricultural products, and there has not been a single case of scientifically confirmed safety problems.
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According to the article, some people say that "genetically modified food is not a problem to eat in one generation, and it is necessary to eat three generations or more to see." Any food, including genes and proteins contained in genetically modified foods, can not remain in the original state in the digestive tract for a long time, will be "treated equally" digestion, decomposition, absorption and metabolism, so genetically modified foods have no "cumulative effect" in the human body, will not accumulate in the body with the increase of intake, and there is no material basis for long-term effects, let alone change our genes and affect future generations.
The article said that the international multi-generation feeding experiment of mice and pigs has been carried out, and the Military Medical Research Institute of the Continental Academy of Military Sciences has also carried out 2 generations of long-term feeding experiments on animal monkeys that are closest to humans, and no negative effects have been found. From the perspective of production practice, genetically modified feed has been used around the world for more than 20 years, feeding tens of billions of chickens and breeding for 20-40 generations, and no safety problems in this area have been found so far.
The article said that transgenic technology began to be applied to the food industry in 1989, and many of the widely used brewer's yeast, food additives, and food enzymes are genetically modified products. Since the commercial cultivation of genetically modified crops in 1996, the cumulative cultivation of genetically modified crops in the world has exceeded 40 billion mu, and billions of people in more than 70 countries and regions around the world have eaten genetically modified agricultural products, and there has not been a single case of scientifically confirmed safety problems.
Extreme News reporters found that in March 2020, the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reprinted an article by People's Daily "Inventory of the Attitudes of International Authoritative Organizations to GMOs", listing the attitudes of many international authoritative organizations towards GM foods.
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GM foods currently available on the international market have passed safety assessments and may not pose a risk to human health in countries where they are approved, according to the World Health Organization, and that consumption of these foods has not shown an impact on human health in countries where such foods are approved.
According to the European Commission, based on more than 130 research projects carried out by more than 500 independent scientific groups over 25 years, it concludes that "biotechnology, especially transgenic technology, is no more risky than traditional breeding techniques." ”
According to the Society of Toxicology, scientific analysis shows that the production process of GM foods is unlikely to cause any other hazards that even toxicologists cannot predict. For consumers, the safety level of existing GM foods appears to be comparable to the safety level of conventional foods.
Among them, the American Association for the Advancement of Science also explained some rumors that crops improved by using modern molecular biotechnology are safe. It is sometimes claimed that feeding animals genetically modified foods causes abnormalities ranging from digestive disorders to infertility, tumors, and early death. While such claims are often sensational and receive a lot of media attention, none of them stand up to rigorous scientific scrutiny. (Extreme News Comprehensive Farmer's Daily, People's Daily News, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs official website report)
(Source: Polar Eye News)