The real problem with GMO Food
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Published 2020-10-09
In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the real problem with GMO food, also known as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Specifically, we look at whether GMOs and GMO foods are actually bad both for the environment and for your health. GMOs and genetically modified food like soybeans or corn have long raised the ire of non-GMO food activists because they are supposedly frankenfood that will poison us, as a result, they embrace organic foods. GMO advocates champion genetically modified food as a way to combat climate change, solve environmental issues, and solve world hunger. There are truths and fallacies both of the extremes of the GMO debate, but the reality is, and really the core problem with GMOs is not the technology or the genetically modified food itself, but what GMOs and genetically modified foods are used and controlled. Monsanto's BT and HT crops are a perfect example of how GMO foods are used to create monopolies of environmental destruction.
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Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
What is a GMO? - 1:15
The GMO debate - 2:39
The real problem with GMOs - 6:18
Are there other solutions? - 8:19
Sponsored message - 10:29
Outro - 11:39
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All Comments (21)
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🍎 There's a lot of info out there about GMOs, so treat this video as the beginning of your research--not the end. Read more and let me know what you think of GMOs in the comments below! 💡 I just did a video on Monsanto that you can check out here: https://youtu.be/-c2bcSUMtNQ
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"on a CRISPR day, in early August" I see what you did there
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“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
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And as always, human selfishness and greed is the issue
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You forgot to mention that part of the reason that GMO's are so monopolized is because regulations are so strict. There are significant administrative barriers for start ups and small teams. Large companies overcome this and consolidate the market share
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Could you go into the Tea industry, and how sustainable the industry is?
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I am Pro GMO and anti corporation/monopoly
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Thanks for talking this subject. I have always felt a bit mixed about GMOs since I definitely understand the science of it but I was also aware of they can be used/weaponised against small scale farmers and by big agriculture.
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Humans have been cultivating and breeding plants for thousands of years. The original plants have long been lost, or exist in the wild.
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2:58 Nah every news debate in India is about "PASSION + HYPERBOLE"
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Could you please make a whole video on the alternative land use models you mentioned? Like ageoforestry and polyculture?
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Yeah, I missed you. Thanks for coming back, man!
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Very well said, I don't like how Monsanto has applied the technology. I also like how you focus on saying silver bullets do not exist, I think this is the main thing we as a society have to understand. I imagine that if we can get GMOs into integrated pest-management systems they could be really amazing.
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All plants are riddled with random mutations. About 70% of modern food plants are the result of nuclear agriculture, literally exposing them to radiation to induce random mutations. Being afraid of "gmos" per se is completely stupid.
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This "problem" is only a problem if there are no alternativ seeds on the market and while no one is alowed to make a new one. As long as the market of seeds and gmo seeds is free, this problem does not exist. Gmo is gonna be amazing for everyone involved, but we have to have our eyes open for fraud, bad products and monopolies, just like every other market for eny product.
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The only "pro GMO" video I have seen that isn't simply berating the anti GMO crowd and pretending they are complete idiots. Thanks.
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Your production quality is amazing. What font are you using?
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From a book my grandfather had from the 1960's: Domesticated food is scientifically modified from the wild plants. It's amazing how you miss this fact
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Thanks Charlie for making the videos that cut through the noise.
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I would love to see a video on expiration dates/what is perceived as "spoiled" food in western societies!
