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In reply to the discussion: GMOs are as good as vaccines. [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)and the rest of the natural environment are, and/or will be.
Since GMO's began to be used on a mass scale, there has been a rapid and continual rise in cases of autism. There are many theories, and much speculation, concering why there has been a rapid rise in cases of autism, but no one really knows what has caused this rise.
There has been a rapid and continual rise in cases of food allergies since GMOs began to be used on a mass scale. There are many theories, and much speculation, concerning why there has been a rapid rise in cases of allergies, but no one really knows what has caused this rise.
Are GMOs the cause of the inordinate rise in cases of autism and rise in the onset of allergies among young and old alike?
I don't know. You don't know. And if Monsanto., etc knows, they sure as heck aren't going to hurt their bottom line profits by revealing anything negative about their cash cow GMO's.
Throughout history, many people have been harmed or killed by the use of industrial. medical, and agricultural products (such as asbestos, DDT, Mercury, that industry scientists claimed was perfectly safe, and that was sanctioned for use by the EPA.
Maybe they made mistakes in these cases. Maybe these products were never properly tested for safety. Maybe they marketed these products knowing they were toxic in the long run, but figured the profits they made in the short run were worth far more than the people they harmed or killed. Maybe they figured that by the time the toxic effects of these products became apparent, they would have made so much in profit that the slap on the wrist fine they would be penalized with was nothing but a few pennies compared to the long term profits.
Or maybe they simply didn't know what the long term effects would be. The same situation exists in the present, concerning the agricultural use and mammalian consumption of GMO's.
Now, some of the DU armchair scientists, and the DU trolls for Monsanto, and some plain old DUers who simply believe because they are cheerleaders for capitalism, or because it's 'murica!, whatever, that there are no present or long term negative effects of GMO's, may post on this thread in indignation, telling everyone that they know for a fact that GMO's are definitely safe for agricultural use and mammalian consumption.
But the plain truth is, really don't know, and they can't prove that they do know.