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In reply to the discussion: Don’t Eat the Yellow Rice: the Danger of Deploying Vitamin A Golden Rice [View all]Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)54. Some GMOs are benign and others are harmful.
The debate between GMOs, like everything else, is not black and white. There are degrees of 'awfulness' just like there are degrees of 'benefits'.
But, I agree with you on this article.
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Don’t Eat the Yellow Rice: the Danger of Deploying Vitamin A Golden Rice [View all]
Judi Lynn
Jul 2016
OP
Nobel prize winners really don't have to worry about their career anymore.
Fast Walker 52
Jul 2016
#11
I agree all that, but signing onto this product is not going to be some huge embarrassment
Fast Walker 52
Jul 2016
#46
So, William Shockley was right about race, and Linus Pauling was right about vitamin C?
jberryhill
Jul 2016
#56
Notice the total lack of science offered by those waving the word science like a banner.
kristopher
Jul 2016
#78
Unless Greenpeace puts its "review" up for peer review in a legit journal, it really doesn't matter.
HuckleB
Jul 2016
#86
Name one GMO on the market that is harmful compared to the non-GMO alternatives.
HuckleB
Jul 2016
#59
Counterpunch? Woo from Counterpunch? This would be hysterically funny if it weren't
msanthrope
Jul 2016
#6
Ted Greiner is an HIV denialist. I have better things to do with my time than read woo
msanthrope
Jul 2016
#17
thanks for the info. I can't believe anyone even glances at Counterpunch anymore
uhnope
Jul 2016
#19
the paper was a while ago, and it looked like he was merely saying the evidence
Fast Walker 52
Jul 2016
#64
Indeed...his HIV denialism is probably why he's now characterized as an ex-professor. nt
msanthrope
Jul 2016
#72
Yes, monoculture predates it. Thanks for interesting excerpt. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#41
I don't think that was the whole goal, but I do know that yellow rice is a big part of PR for
Fast Walker 52
Jul 2016
#49
First, glyphosate is not a GMO. Second, Seneff's silliness has been debunked over and over again.
HuckleB
Jul 2016
#25
First, without GMOs glyphosate use would be down by over 50%. What do you think Round-Up ready seeds
fasttense
Jul 2016
#104
Illogical & Foolish in the extreme to condemn ALL GMO because SOME GMO has issues. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#38
It's interesting that you get debunked, but you just repeat yourself as if it hadn't happened.
HuckleB
Jul 2016
#60
Anecdotes about using old technology that isn't safer aren't really going to change reality.
HuckleB
Jul 2016
#69
I don't need industry-funded research when there is plenty of independent research.
HuckleB
Jul 2016
#93