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In reply to the discussion: just about the only bad result in yesterday's returns was passage of Prop 35.... [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)21. But even if that is all true, what is the problem with knowing what has been done to your food?
(I still don't concede the point by the way. Will find where I've heard/read about these things and read more.)
Also, even if it's not "frankenfood", doing it is causing other problems with crops and resistance. So shouldn't we be able to know what products are made using these methods and then choose with our pocketbook whether or not we want to support them?
I honestly feel that your reason for not voting for it is more harmful because I think that you're voting down something that is beneficial to us all for a reason that... I don't know how to word it properly... I guess it's kind of like throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
And I want to know if the food is GMO or not dammit!!!
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just about the only bad result in yesterday's returns was passage of Prop 35.... [View all]
mike_c
Nov 2012
OP
Looks dorky, but it's the best GMO whistleblower news aggregating site I've seen.
proverbialwisdom
Nov 2012
#37
Here's a terrific overview of the issues for the nonscientist, you'll agree.
proverbialwisdom
Nov 2012
#40
I supported Prop 37 because I wanted labeling of GMOs so the consumer can decide, just like
kestrel91316
Nov 2012
#7
But even if that is all true, what is the problem with knowing what has been done to your food?
cui bono
Nov 2012
#21
And what can you tell us about nutritional values and toxicity levels (comparatively)
underseasurveyor
Nov 2012
#9
What's your take for growth of Bt resistant insects? Are there other options for organic producers?
pinto
Nov 2012
#20
Thanks. The Nature Biotech piece was interesting, as is the refuge approach it mentions.
pinto
Nov 2012
#25
That's interesting. Someone I know who is getting a PhD from a good university
JDPriestly
Nov 2012
#31
37 going "down in flames" is not a good thing. Personally, I WANT to know what is in my "food".
LoisB
Nov 2012
#2
I'm interested in your take on it but I have to say I really don't like this "ignorance and fear"
cui bono
Nov 2012
#15
I think one vote (3 strikes) was a simpler call than the other (DP), a more visceral call.
pinto
Nov 2012
#22
Best and saddest expert analysis I have encountered on GMOs ever - discovered several days ago.
proverbialwisdom
Nov 2012
#32
Related material here:“No studies to date have experimentally examined the causal relationship btwn"
proverbialwisdom
Nov 2012
#33
Statement re: AAAS Board Statement Against Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
proverbialwisdom
Nov 2012
#39