Are transgenic foods dangerous?
Yes, but not for the reasons you think. First, what are transgenics?
We humans have modified plants since time immemorial. Selecting the most desirable fruits to cultivate and also crossing them to create hybrids, we have achieved after thousands of years that maize and plantains, among many others, have the current size and flavor. Although it can be said that they have been "genetically modified", they are not transgenic.
To make a transgenic plant, it is taken from a species a portion of DNA and, with a genetic pistol, it is shot in the cell nucleus of another species, which integrates it into its own DNA. So, for example, you can modify a variety of papaya to prevent it from being attacked by a virus. In addition to papaya, transgenic soybeans, cotton, canola and maize are widely cultivated in the world eating this mutant DNA does not constitute a danger in itself: our digestive system decomposes it just like the other foods, although some scientists They think that altering the DNA can bring unexpected consequences.
The serious problem is not in the food itself, but very close to them. Let's talk about something called a pit. It is a substance that serves to kill the bad who signals glyphosate as a probable carcinogen in humans. After several investigations in this regard, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched in 2015 a communiqué on glyphosate: In this release, who reports on glyphosate and its relationship to human cancer development.
