Section 1—Top 20 Urban Myths about GM Grops
Genetic Roulette is Jeffrey Smith’s second book in which he rants against biotech agriculture. In Section 1, each of those claims are stacked up against peer-reviewed science.
Section 1 Content:
- 1.1—Pusztai’s Flawed Claims
- 1.2—GM Tomatoes Proven Safe
- 1.3—Bt Corn Statistics Don’t Lie
- 1.4—These aren’t even GM Potatoes!
- 1.5—Bt Cotton is Safer for workers than pesticides
- 1.6—Bt Cotton is Safer for sheep than pesticides
- 1.7—No evidence that pollen causes disease
- 1.8—Mycotoxins cause reproductive failure
- 1.9—A classic logical fallacy about Bt corn
- 1.10—Rats fed Roundup Ready Soy – no effect on liver
- 1.11— Rats fed Roundup Ready Soy —no effect on pancreas
- 1.12— Rats fed Roundup Ready Soy —no effect on testicular cells
- 1.13—Rabbits can eat Roundup Ready Soy too
- 1.14—Ermakova’s findings defy logic
- 1.15—Eating soybeans increases soybean-specific IgG antibodies
- 1.16—Rats fed Roundup Ready Canola have healthy livers
- 1.17—Fast growing birds can eat Liberty-Link Corn
- 1.18—GM Peas Are discontinued
- 1.19—Animals Graze Where There’s Feed
- 1.20—High Doses of Tryptophan Cause EM
