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In reply to the discussion: Bill Nye the Scinece Guy on GMOs [View all]J_J_
(1,213 posts)59. substantial increases in the number and volume of herbicides applied.
This is the part a lot of people don't get.
Why is Monsanto splicing roundup into the crops?
So they can make it roundup ready, so they can dump large quantities of roundup (also good for monsanto profits) all over without harm to the plant.
This is all about Monsanto and Monsanto's profits, not about human health, and it has not been tested.
So we are all eating quite a bit more roundup than we use to, and they think we are the crazy ones to want it labeled?
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Thank you. I am totally confident that the combined resources of science and the US govt can
merrily
Oct 2014
#186
Science might be helpful in coming up with wording. If I am mistaken, it's irrelevant to
merrily
Oct 2014
#189
I never said it was simple. I do, however, aver it's not as impossible as it's being portrayed.
merrily
Oct 2014
#196
Given that description, I imagine it would be hard for someone to know what you're talking about.
NuclearDem
Oct 2014
#219
More like Monsanto's science. They spend millions on political donations in this country and
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#235
And just where did you get that not-so-scientific opinion from? Are you seriously supporting
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#127
Give us an example of the claims 'people are making' about Monsanto that are false.
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#140
The GMO producers control the research by limiting the seeds, requiring purchasers to sign
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#241
The "independent" researchers can only publish with the permission of the producers.
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#246
Doesn't matter. GMO products were released during the years when the ban was in place,
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#250
No, anti-GMO is more like "Geo-engineering will solve climate change, so no worries".
MH1
Oct 2014
#190
I'm not saying people who deny science on one will deny science on the others.
ZombieHorde
Oct 2014
#229
There is no advantage to GMO whatsoever as long as it is controlled by corporations
eridani
Oct 2014
#9
Correct! AstroTurf© was invented for a specific purpose, to replace living grass in the Astrodome:
freshwest
Oct 2014
#176
You might tell that to the farmers in Oxaca, Mexico, who got their corn crops contaminated after
merrily
Oct 2014
#43
So you can't prove your assertions that GMO doesn't contaminate other crops.
Lost In America
Oct 2014
#120
That is not USDA policy, so I don't know what's going on with the farmers you know.
ZombieHorde
Oct 2014
#101
Wow. I cannot believe I am reading this nonsense right here on DU. I have read it years ago
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#137
I'll go with the experts and the growing rejection worldwide of Corporations like Monsanto who were
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#150
Your opinion is becoming more and more the minority opinion, thankfully, after decades of
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#169
If only. Monsanto was voted the 'most evil corporation' recently by 51% of respondents in a poll
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#173
Banned from 30 countries. The poll simply reflects the Global opinion of this evil Corporation.
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#232
If you can link to a peer-reviewed study indicating labels=fear, please link to them also...
LanternWaste
Oct 2014
#38
"What if people don't want to support fucking sociopathic corporations like Monsanto who make huge
Cha
Oct 2014
#15
Withholding information is not a solution to your fear of alleged fear of science or alleged
merrily
Oct 2014
#28
It's not my problem, or the problem of pretty much anyone who isn't a pro-GM booster.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2014
#71
No, wrong again pal, they were the first open pollinated seed plants to be patented
Tumbulu
Oct 2014
#145
Agreed. Don't see why Democrats, who are into regulation and informing people, would object.
freshwest
Oct 2014
#183
If you believe the fear of science hurts people, then you are helping perpetuate that
Rex
Oct 2014
#47
Yes, not really about you - just in general. Humans are suspicious and curious by nature imo.
Rex
Oct 2014
#54
Scientific epidemiological studies of GMO's post-FDA approval cannot be conducted without
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#118
The funny thing about that argument is that they're not asking for labels for all seed technologies.
HuckleB
Oct 2014
#227
Well, I haven't really known that much about Bill Nye but now I love him due to his common sense
Cha
Oct 2014
#18
excellent video - NOT anti-GMO - but a call for disclosure and testing case by case
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2014
#30
Sounds like he is taking a cautious attitude but not freaking out about it.
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2014
#37
Since it seems this conversation is taking a slight turn for the better
whatchamacallit
Oct 2014
#83
Crop Scientists Say Biotechnology Seed Companies Are Thwarting Research
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#60
Yes. I do. You do not, Pro GMO's say this is 30 years of settled science. A blatant lie.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#100
Only if you ignored who controls that science. As did the lead industry. As did coal industry.
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#116
So you can't support your assertions. Thus, you make baseless claims about "control."
HuckleB
Oct 2014
#135
If GMOs are so beneficial, why not advertise them or, at least, label them? K&R
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2014
#50
Note that he is talking about environmental effects as opposed to consumption.
alarimer
Oct 2014
#67
And Monsanto controlled the publication. That was their terms for allowing the scientist access to
Luminous Animal
Oct 2014
#81
Anything that's "new and improved" is marketed as such, the fact they want to hide it, tells you its
grahamhgreen
Oct 2014
#179
I think they oppose labelling because it creates a possibly unnecessary stigma to the product.
phleshdef
Oct 2014
#167
Excellent Bill Nye! He pretty much sums up what the Union of Concerned Scientists
Tumbulu
Oct 2014
#138
UCS is losing credibility, and impacts are being studied, and always have been.
HuckleB
Oct 2014
#151
Thanks for the video, always enjoy Bill Nye. I'm in favor of labeling, but the question at the end
freshwest
Oct 2014
#184
The issue isn't whether or not GMO is healthy to eat, it is what GMOs do to the ecosystem.
MH1
Oct 2014
#238
About 30 years ago, when the corporate giants were in full takeover mode
mountain grammy
Oct 2014
#211
To the science lovers avove all else. Didn't science create the atomic bomb?
Jim Beard
Oct 2014
#216