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In reply to the discussion: Bill Nye the Scinece Guy on GMOs [View all]NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)78. You and I both know the more batshit labeling advocates
shot themselves and the rest of labeling advocates (which, surprise, includes me) in the foot on that by turning GMO into a term on the emotional charge level as baby eater.
Hysteria and hyperbole does backfire.
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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