• Question: Are there long-term health effects of foods from genetically engineered plants?

    Asked by to Jennifer on 22 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Jennifer Stephens answered on 22 Jun 2014:

      Hi n17tom
      In the U.S. they have been using GM plants as ingredients in lots of foods for the past 15 years. During this time there has been a few reports of harm to test subjects such as rats, but these have all been shown to be misleading.

      Since a lot of the changes to GM food is to improve the quality, such as with Golden Rice, it is more likely that there will be good health benefits from GM plants.

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