Rounding Up the Facts on GMOs

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🗓️ 22 June 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Are GMOs the answer to our planet’s food shortage? Or do they jeopardize our health, crops and climate by creating a destructive cycle of Roundup resistance? Like many issues these days, it depends on who you believe. Supporters of genetically modified organisms say that altering the DNA of corn and other crops is just another tool in the farmers’ toolbox - an innovation that will help feed a world whose food production has been disrupted by climate change. Opponents maintain that modified crops are dangerous to our health and are resistant to pesticides such as Monsanto’s Roundup, which has been linked to cancer. Join us for a lively conversation about the science and facts behind growing and eating GMOs. Guests: Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Senior Scientist, Director Grassroots Science Program, Pesticide Action Network Scott Kennedy, Filmmaker, Food Evolution John Purcell, VP and Global R&D Lead, Monsanto Company Austin Wilson, Environmental Health Program Manager, As You Sow This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on May 25, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.4	GMOs, are they the answer to our planet's food shortage?
0:37.9	Welcome to Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.
0:43.8	Climate One conversations with oil companies and environmentalists, Republicans and Democrats, are recorded before a live audience and hosted by Greg Dalton.
0:59.3	Thank you. a live audience and hosted by Greg Dalton. What's your take on genetically modified organisms, or as most people call them, GMOs?
1:04.8	Supporters say they boost crop production and can help feed the world.
1:08.5	You can produce more corn of bush of corn with less land, less water, less energy,
1:14.0	and with a more positive carbon footprint than you could 30 years ago.
1:17.8	Opponents maintain that modified crops are dangerous to our health, our environment, and our economy.
1:23.3	And now we've planted so many roundup-ready crops across the country and across the world that there are superweeds resistant to glyphosate on half of U.S. farms.
1:33.7	Today on Climate One, Greg Dalton talks about the pros and cons of GMOs with four guests.
1:39.2	John Purcell is vice president of Monsanto Vegetables and head of their global research and development.
1:44.5	Marcia Ishi Eitman is a senior scientist with the Pesticide Action Network.
1:48.8	Scott Hamilton Kennedy is the director of Food Evolution, a documentary about GMOs.
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