Showing posts with label GMOs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GMOs. Show all posts

Thursday, March 26, 2015

How Healthy Is Genetically Modified Soybean Oil?

UCR: Scientists shows GM soybean oil is as unhealthy as conventional soybean oil, with one benefit: no resistance to insulin. Soybean oil accounts for more than 90 percent of all the seed oil production in the United States. Genetically modified (GM) soybean oil, made from seeds of GM soybean plants, was recently introduced into the food supply on the premise that it is healthier than conventional soybean oil. But is that premise true?

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Containing Genetically Modified Bacteria

NIH. US: Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are widely used in research and for making pharmaceuticals and other products. However, use of genetically modified bacteria outside of the lab has been limited by concerns that they—and the sometimes novel genes they carry—could escape into the wild.