Food experts slam the BBC for 'lies' about gene-edited foods thenational.scot/news/20173456.… If you can’t open, try here
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The BBC and other media have been accused of “repeating uncritically and ad nauseam” UK Government “lies” about genetically edited foods. “They’re literally ripping up the rulebook on all types of genetic modification procedures & being completely dishonest to the science.” #GMO
Dr Michael Antoniou, a genetics expert from the King’s College London School of Medicine, said claims gene editing didn't involve genes from other species “misrepresented” the facts. “Under the new bill, the insertion of foreign DNA is part and parcel of the deregulation.” #GMOs
“It’s not as if what’s being deregulated is only gene edits that tweak or destroy the function of the genes which are already there, it’s also the insertion of foreign genetic material. They’re basically deregulating all manner of genetic manipulations of crops.” — Dr Antoniou
“The gene-editing tool DNA can fragment and bits can randomly insert in many locations around the DNA of the plant, and that is not being checked for. At each stage of the gene-editing process, you introduce unintended genetic alterations running into the hundreds of thousands.”
“You end up with a plant that carries a high burden of unintended DNA damage w/ unknown downstream consequences.” Antoniou says that these “scientific facts are being ignored”, arguing any idea the outcomes of widespread use of gene-edited products can be predicted is “fantasy”.
BBC refuses to correct 'misinformation' about Tories' genetically modified foods bill thenational.scot/news/20175528.… #GMOs
“In refusing to correct the factual errors in its story, the BBC is ensuring misinformation remains in the public domain, and has revealed its bias and its willingness to pervert and obstruct any honest debate about what (these) technologies are and how they should be regulated.“
Dr Michael Antoniou, a genetics expert from Kings College London, couldn’t understand the BBC’s refusal to correct its misleading reporting. “It’s very, very clear that gene editing does more than just snip out a bit of DNA… You modify gene function or add completely new genes.”
If anyone is having problems accessing this article about how the BBC “stands by its journalism” on gene editing even when it's objectively, factually incorrect, it's archived here archive.ph/HO7jx ht @ecoreflections and @Beyond_GM
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