GM Myths! it's up to u to believe.... :O

Let’s take a look at some examples of how GM’s often exaggerated crisis narratives. I guess these topics had successfully grab the media attention and so do I?! ;)

"Saving lives and limbs with a (GM) weed"

There's been a lot of publicity about how GM plants are going to solve the problem of landmine detection. News items around the globe - from the New York Times to the BBC, from TIME Magazine to Reuters - trumpeted their life-saving potential, after a biotech firm claimed to have genetically modified plants so that they would change from green to red when grown near to landmines.

: If it is true, i will grow the GM plants everywhere at those "potential" places

"Only GM can save the banana"

 "Only GM can save the banana" is a story that first surfaced in 2001, made a comeback in 2003, and has done the rounds ever since, gaining massive media coverage.  According to the story, "The standard variety, the Cavendish, is already threatened with a disease called black Sigatoka, and a new strain of another fungal condition, Panama disease, could wipe the plant out within a decade." 

"Half a billion people in Africa and Asia depend on the banana for up to half their daily calories," say the reports. 

"Genetic engineering may be the only answer" "Scientists believe that the creation of a GM banana that can resist the diseases may be the only way of preserving the fruit's future."

: is banana that powerful??! :o

"Purple tomato can beat cancer"

A GM tomato has been portrayed in the world's media as a major cancer fighter, as well as having other important health-enhancing properties. And some media commentators suggest that this is the "breakthrough" that will convince people of the benefits of GM foods. But the health claims are based on a small-scale study of mice, and experts say the results may have occurred by chance, or may simply not be applicable to humans. They also say that there could be problems with toxicity and that these have not been investigated. In any case, a range of existing fruit and vegetables offer the same potential benefits without any need to resort to genetic engineering.

:Unrevealed secret of tomato... is it harmful to us or the savior to infected patients?

   

"Super-sized cassava" could help alleviate hunger"

GM cassava plants with unusually big roots were promoted as a super-sizing breakthrough that "could help alleviate hunger in developing countries", but it turned out that plant breeders had already produced cassava roots that were many times larger than the GM ones, at very low cost and without genetic engineering. 

: So it means this cassava could feed the whole A9A3??

-Yueming