This is why we need better communication

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/15803/genetically-modified-foods-need-government-regulation

The above article is chock full of ridiculous statements that have absolutely no basis in science, or are just plain wrong.

Yet I have no doubt that the average non-scientists would find it very hard to pick out the truth from the non-truths in articles such as this.


This is why we need to push for better communication of the science of GM...


The sentence that really caught my eye was this one: 'Another risk with GM foods involves ingesting antibiotics to the point that humans and animals could become immune to antibiotics.'


Plants don't get given antibiotics. 


People get given antibiotics. 


Antibiotics are designed to kill off disease-causing bacteria in people and animals. 


It is physically impossible for a human to become immune to antibiotics - the bacteria within you potentially could with prolonged use, but the only thing the human body would become immune to would be any side effects from taking the drugs in the first place.


Now here's a task for you at home - read the article in question and see how many other wrong things you can find, simply from what you have learnt from my blog.