A new report details how Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are apparently safe for human consumption and surprisingly, also have significant benefits for human health and the environment, according to experts from the U.S. National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

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This intensive report is 388 pages long detailing some 900 past studies and reports about GMOs that includes 80 interviews from scientists, researchers and field experts. According to entomology professor and co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center in North Carolina State University, Fred Gould, strong oppositions and opinions cannot be backed up without any data.

Gould says that in order to determine whether something is good or bad for one's health when it comes to eating genetically modified food, sweeping generalizations about genetically engineered crops will not help.

These new findings are published online to provide useful information for consumers regarding that there is no substantial evidence about large scale harmful effects of GMOs on human health in general. This new study even suggests that genetically engineered crops can greatly improve human health especially crops that were altered to produce more vitamins such as vitamin A.

Apart from this, researchers also found out that these genetically modified crops that are more resistant to pests and bugs, do not cause damage to plant and insect biodiversity, which also reduced the occurrences of poisoning from insecticide.

Also, researchers say that there is also no concrete evidence to prove that these genetically improved crops are more prone to cause cancer or possess more carcinogenic properties and cause other diseases or health problems.

In general, there are only two types of GMOs that are widely used commercially, the first type is genetically designed to possess genes from common bacteria to target and kill pests and the second type is modified for crops to become more resistant to strong chemical weed killers. In the United States, over 90 percent of soybeans, cotton and corn that are grown are considered as genetically modified crops.

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