No, really, NPR actually posted this. Media matters when it comes to GMOs, but it seems like NPR at least doesn’t buy into the loony ideas that many media outlets do.
I could, of course, add to this list of 5, but this is certainly a good start.
Myth 1: Seeds from GMOs are sterile.
No, they’ll germinate and grow just like any other plant. This idea presumably has its roots in a real genetic modification (dubbed the Terminator Gene by anti-biotech activists) that can make a plant produce sterile seeds. Monsanto owns the patent on this technique, but has promised not to use it.
Now, biotech companies — and Monsanto in particular — do seem to wish that this idea were true. They do their best to keep farmers from replanting the offspring from GMOs. But they do this because, in fact, those seeds will multiply.
Read the rest here.
