#080 – Why Don’t People Trust GMOs

The League of Nerds

Posted in GMO, Podcast, The League of Nerds // 2 Comments

Myles and James are joined again by the fantastic Mary Mangan! We talk about GMOs and the safety and how the public are informed about this.

About Myles Power (795 Articles)

Hello Internet! My name is Myles Power and I am a chemist from the North East of England, who loves to make videos trying to counter pseudoscience and debunk quackery in all of its various forms! From the hype around GMOs through to Atrazine turning the freakin’ frogs gay, I’ll try to cut through the nonsense that’s out there!

2 Comments on #080 – Why Don’t People Trust GMOs

mem_somerville (@mem_somerville) // June 7, 2015 at 8:44 pm // Reply

I posted this over at YouTube as well, but in case some folks don’t find their way over there I wanted to bring it along here too.

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This was fun. And I love the astonished-looking bovine here–so it should be. We talk about #GMO vaccines for animals, Bill Nye’s evolved stance on GMOs, and more.

Additional links on the discussion topics: https://storify.com/mem_somerville/traditional-breeding-of-vaccines
Organic standards: http://inthesetimes.com/article/6330/the_cruel_irony_of_organic_standards
Bill Nye’s evolution: http://www.biofortified.org/2015/04/bill-nye-science-guy-and-gmos-oh-my/.
Cyanogenic plants http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9431670
Quinoa pesticide: http://www.nurselovesfarmer.com/2015/03/what-do-gmo-corn-and-quinoa-have-in-common/

I’m sure there are other links, let me know if there’s something I discussed that could use the reference.

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GrahamD // June 14, 2015 at 3:26 am // Reply

Personally I blame Jeremy Rifkin and his book ‘Algeny’ for starting the whole thing off.

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