and other consequences. an operation is under way to rescue passengers submerged in waist deep floodwaters on a subway train in china. the passengers were travelling in zhengzhou, in central henan province when they became stranded amid the rising water. state media reports at least one person has died and two are missing. walk down the aisle of your local supermarket, and you ll inevitably come across a number of items proudly asserting they are free of gentetically modified organisms or gmos. and so, you d be forgiven for thinking that gmos are best avoided. they ve got quite a bad reputation with some saying they pose a health risk but that s not necessarily the case. in fact, some people say it s quite the opposite. bob goldberg is a molecular biologist in los angeles and joins us now to explain why that might be the case.
doctor goldberg, when you are in a store walking through the aisles and you see gmo free labels, are you tempted to rip them off?- you see gmo free labels, are you tempted to rip them off? know, but i smiled because tempted to rip them off? know, but i smiled because all tempted to rip them off? know, but i smiled because all the tempted to rip them off? know, but i smiled because all the items - tempted to rip them off? know, but i smiled because all the items in - tempted to rip them off? know, but i smiled because all the items in the i smiled because all the items in the store are genetically modified. all these beautiful, beautifulfood things that we eat, all these nice vegetables that are in the grocery store didn t exist 10,000 years ago. so they are all genetically modified organisms, or gmo does. it s the misconception that has directed change to benefit humanity. look at the plentiful food supply that we have in most parts of the world. so why do they get such bad press?