Hey, everybody. Today we're going to talk about a really fascinating, important,

subject, genetically modified organisms, and particularly the new use of CRISPR technologies

to create them very, very dangerous. Probably the leading global thought leader on this issue,

on the health dangers of genetically modified organisms, GMOs, over the past 27 years,

Jeffrey Smith, who has offered two best sellers, directed five documentaries, delivered 2,000

lectures and interviews in 45 countries, trained 1,500 speakers and organized more than 10,000

grassroots advocates. He has counseled world leaders on six continents, and his meticulous

research presented at medical conferences inspired thousands to prescribe non-GMO and organic

diets. The success of GMO education movement he pioneered is measured in part by the fact

that 48% of the world's consumers now acknowledge that GMOs are unhealthy. In recent years,

Jeffrey has been sounding the alarm about a new genetic engineering techniques, including gene

editing. Unregulated GMO 2.0 can cause health and environmental disasters. The most urgent

danger comes from genetically engineered microbes, including the use of CRISPR technology.

Thank you, Jeffrey, so much for joining us. You and I have spent many, many years in the trenches

fighting against Monsanto, but tell us generally speaking, before we get into GMO 2.0, let's talk

about the history of GMOs, because they were promised originally, we were going to get a green

revolution, and that if we had GMOs, we could increase plant productivity and reduce the

amount of chemicals that we use in agriculture, but actually the GMOs have increased, vastly

increased the amount of chemicals that we use in agriculture. Can you explain how that works?

Sure. The original GMOs were created by Monsanto company. They were selling Roundup, as you know,

it has glyphosate as its chief poison, and that was going off patent in 2000.

So they genetically engineered soy and corn, and then later cotton, canola, sugarbeats, and alfalfa,

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