Nice article but I'm not fully open minded to accept GMO items. Apologies to bring this up in spite of you clearly mentioning about topics against GMOs. What I say may look highly contradicting but I'm very sorry. I'm from India. I see a lot of american treated seeds being sold in lots of nurseries here. All are vegetable seeds, fruits etc. If I sow them a plant grows and it produces enough vegetables and fruits. All that is fine to me. But if I check those vegetables and fruits grown out of these GMO seeds, there will not be any seeds inside them. But their natural tendency will be to have lots of seeds inside them.
My question here is very simple, if I consume those seedless fruits and vegetables, will I be able to grow fertile enough to produce my next generation?
The golden rice may look perfect now without any side effects or anything. What if something surfaces after few years of consumption?
Thanks for commenting and no need to apologize for bringing up an opposing argument. I'd be happy to answer the question. So far modern science has shown no indication that DNA from food can have any affect on a human's genome, whether GMO or otherwise. No experiments have shown this to be the case nor have any theories raised this as a possibility. To put it simply, the DNA in the food you eat has no chance of getting beyond the digestive system to the best of our knowledge.
Thanks for your reply. I'm just worried about the part when it is being said "So far modern science". What happens if anything surfaces in the future. Many medicines and food products that are banned in other countries, are still being sold in India. Oats and Wheet flour we consume here are already having a huge amount of Gluten. All these were started thinking there will be no harm. But today research works are proving their harmful effects. Well that's a different story.
Maybe DNA from food may not affect human's genome directly but nutrients in the food does affect genes right? What if GMO creates an imbalance in the nutrients and that in turn indirectly affect the human genome?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3442283/You-really-eat-Nutrients-food-change-GENES-behave.html