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1 Chipotle says: “Scientists are still studying the long term implications of gmos.”
“Every major scientific body and regulatory agency in the world has reviewed the research about GMOs and openly declared crop biotechnology and the foods currently available for sale to be safe.”
GLP Infographic: International science organizations on crop biotech safety | Genetic Literacy Project
“We are right to take seriously the development of genetically modified foods, to debate the issues that their use raises, and to question critically the risks and benefits they present. At the same time, however, it is important to avoid hysteria, to define clearly the issues of concern, and to tackle these rationally and on an informed basis.”
Science, medicine, and the future: Genetically modified foods | National Center for Biotechnology Information
“Currently there is a social and political controversy about the safety of foods produced from genetically modified (GM) crops, however, in the scientific community there is no dispute or controversy regarding the safety of GM crops.”
More than 240 organizations and scientific institutions support the safety of GM crops » Sí Quiero Transgénicos
2 Chipotle says: “The cultivation of gmos can damage the environment.”
“This paper updates previous assessments of how crop biotechnology has changed the environmental impact of global agriculture. It focuses on the environmental impacts associated with changes in pesticide use and greenhouse gas emissions arising from the use of GM crops since their first widespread commercial use in the mid 1990s. ”
Environmental impacts of genetically modified (GM) crop use 1996–2013: Impacts on pesticide use and carbon emissions - GM Crops & Food - Volume 6, Issue 2
3 Chipotle says: “Chipotle should be a place where people can eat food.”
“Here at The Salt, though, we’ve been hearing from people who think Chipotle’s stance shows little integrity at all. Rather, it shows a double helping of marketing hype, they say. Greg Jaffe, the expert on GMOs at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, calls it “hypocritical” and based on “smoke and mirrors.” The Washington Post,meanwhile, accused the company of joining a “global propaganda campaign.'”
Why We Can’t Take Chipotle’s GMO Announcement All That Seriously : The Salt : NPR