GMO debate
Transgenic food dispute
The GMO debate is the ongoing controversy over genetically modified organisms in food and agriculture.
Proponents cite increased crop yields, pest resistance, and potential to address hunger; opponents raise concerns about ecological effects, corporate control of seeds, and unknown long-term health impacts.
The debate spans science, ethics, economics, and food sovereignty: The GMO debate has intensified as more countries consider labeling requirements.
- modifiedChanged in some way
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- MonsantoAgricultural biotechnology corporation
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- organicFrom living matter
labeling · pesticides · agriculture · farm to table · frankenfoods · herbicide · glyphosate · corn · soybeans · golden rice · biotechnology · activist · farming · science · controversy · health · health risks · safety
GMO debatescientific consensus
Prevailing expert judgment
germ theory · heliocentrism · vaccine efficacy · gravitational theory · atomic theory
GMO debatenon-issue
Matter of no importance
common ground · received wisdom · foregone conclusion · motherhood and apple pie
GMO, debate, gene, genes, genetic, genetics, genetically, genome, genomic