As much as I can in Genetics and Health, I try to stay away from the controversies of the GM food debate. There is so much that people don’t know, but need to understand about the entire science surrounding genetic engineering of plants and animals. But people’s opinions are so polarized that it’s hard to put sense into the arguments.
And that’s where I’m coming from in this, because I got so frustrated when I read this news at the Daily Mail (UK): “Defra trying to ’sneak GM trial under the radar’ despite contamination health fears”.
Here’s the thing: …read more

The land of pineapples, bananas and sugarcane, Hawaii seems like an unlikely place to grow corn. But in the last 10 years or so, the Aloha state has been home to genetically modified crops – potatoes, soybeans, wheat, beets, rice, safflower and other food traditionally grown in the mainlands.
Scientific American takes another jab at the pros and cons debate on Genetically modified food, in the background of a economically thriving but ecologically isolated Hawaii. Of interest is a report that genetic drift has been found in non-GM papaya seeds that test positive for GM material. The safety of genetically …read more