Are GMOs Harmful? What Science Says 🤔
Explore the facts about GMOs and discover whether they're truly bad for your health, as often claimed.

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You've probably heard that GMOs are bad for you—turns out, that might not be true at all! Join Hank Green and learn what science has to say about the truth with GMOs in this new episode of SciShow!
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Sources:
GMO Salmon
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/a-giant-leap-into-the-unknown-gm-salmon-that-grows-and-grows-2085856.html
http://www.aquabounty.com/products/products-295.aspx
How are GMOs Made
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/transgeniccrops/history.html
http://www.hudsonalpha.org/education/kits/gmod/gmos-made
Glycophosphate / Monsanto
http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/glyphogen.pdf
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-transgenic-crops-and-732
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/08/11/genetically-engineered-crops/
http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/landingpage.cfm?articleid=ca.v054n04p6
http://www.scq.ubc.ca/transgenic-crops-how-genetics-is-providing-new-ways-to-envision-agriculture/
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef130.asp
http://agbiosafety.unl.edu/education/summary.htm
http://medicine.jrank.org/pages/2902/Transgenic-Plants.html
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug11/BtLooper.html
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/failure-to-yield-brochure.pdf
http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2011/11/genetically-modified-food-explained/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ready-to-eat-the-first-gm-fish-for-the-dinner-table-8430639.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=genetically-modified-crop
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ready-to-eat-the-first-gm-fish-for-the-dinner-table-8430639.html
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/life-cycle-genetically-modified-seed
http://passel.unl.edu/pages/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=958077244&topicorder=4&maxto=7&minto=1
http://passel.unl.edu/pages/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=958077244&topicorder=3&maxto=7
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/business/20crop.html
http://benthamscience.com/open/tonutraj/articles/V004/3TONUTRAJ.pdf
http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/agweb/index.php3?number=72724
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Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Chris Peters, John Szymakowski, Peso255, Fatima Iqbal, Justin Lentz, and David Campos.
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Sources:
GMO Salmon
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/a-giant-leap-into-the-unknown-gm-salmon-that-grows-and-grows-2085856.html
http://www.aquabounty.com/products/products-295.aspx
How are GMOs Made
http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/transgeniccrops/history.html
http://www.hudsonalpha.org/education/kits/gmod/gmos-made
Glycophosphate / Monsanto
http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/glyphogen.pdf
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=do-seed-companies-control-gm-crop-research
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-transgenic-crops-and-732
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/08/11/genetically-engineered-crops/
http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/landingpage.cfm?articleid=ca.v054n04p6
http://www.scq.ubc.ca/transgenic-crops-how-genetics-is-providing-new-ways-to-envision-agriculture/
http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef130.asp
http://agbiosafety.unl.edu/education/summary.htm
http://medicine.jrank.org/pages/2902/Transgenic-Plants.html
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug11/BtLooper.html
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/food_and_agriculture/failure-to-yield-brochure.pdf
http://www.chiefscientist.gov.au/2011/11/genetically-modified-food-explained/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ready-to-eat-the-first-gm-fish-for-the-dinner-table-8430639.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=genetically-modified-crop
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ready-to-eat-the-first-gm-fish-for-the-dinner-table-8430639.html
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/life-cycle-genetically-modified-seed
http://passel.unl.edu/pages/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=958077244&topicorder=4&maxto=7&minto=1
http://passel.unl.edu/pages/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=958077244&topicorder=3&maxto=7
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/business/20crop.html
http://benthamscience.com/open/tonutraj/articles/V004/3TONUTRAJ.pdf
http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/agweb/index.php3?number=72724
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