Kitchen

[katkitty]

Maybe we should just eat the artificial plastic fruit from the fruitbowl instead. I didn't know papaya's were on the gmo list now.

"Genetically modified (GM) papayas are o approved for cultivation in the US and for consumption in the US and Canada, but not Europe.

The first GM virus resistant papayas were commercially grown in Hawaii in 1999 and they were so successful that by 2010, 80% of Hawaiian papaya plants were genetically modified. Transgenic papayas now cover about one thousand hectares, or three quarters of the total Hawaiian papaya crop. The long-term health effects of GM papayas have not been studied and will only be known after decades of consumption by mass populations.

South American countries remain as a fairly safe haven for organically grown papayas so consumers may wish to read the labels to confirm the source (while you still can)."
http://preventdisease.com/news/13/060713_GMO-Papayas-Papaw-Approved-In-US-and-Canada-But-Not-Europe....