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In reply to the discussion: GMOs are as good as vaccines. [View all]chervilant
(8,267 posts)55. "Hippie Ninnies"?!
Did you read the comments herein above? Several of us "hippie ninnies" ask why big agri-businesses (yes, we know Bayer produces neonicotinoids) resist labeling GMOs. Furthermore:
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.
I find it both relevant and appropriate that people are questioning GMOs.
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I suppose many prioritize an alleged irrational fear over that of accuracy.
LanternWaste
Mar 2015
#65
Why don't organic food companies label foods as being derived from mutation breeding?
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#76
OOOH Big organic! Those huge multinational big organic companies controlling the food industry
laundry_queen
Mar 2015
#154
You seem to be forgetting that the only actual power difference is the science of the matter.
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#162
Right, because the organic industry doesn't stand to profit from GMO labeling.
NuclearDem
Mar 2015
#214
If they could rely on consumers behaving rationally, that would indeed follow. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
Mar 2015
#108
I think the problem with GMOs is that they are a readily understandable piece
el_bryanto
Mar 2015
#2
I dont think the technology itself is inherently bad. In fact, I suspect it could have some
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2015
#195
He said updated a chapter in his book after visiting labs at Monsanto.
DamnYankeeInHouston
Mar 2015
#4
Since there is no safety issue, what is the compelling reason to require GMO labels?
Orrex
Mar 2015
#11
Ah the research papers. Do you know of an epidemiological study that says GMOs are safe?
immoderate
Mar 2015
#32
There's no safety issue with most nutrients on the labels but those are required to be there. nt
laundry_queen
Mar 2015
#153
I'd refute your argument, but you haven't offered an argument. Just a string of nonsense.
Orrex
Mar 2015
#197
That is what the supporting movement deserves for their arrogant and stupid anti labeling agenda
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#7
we already label things that are safe. and many things that were once considered to be safe
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#17
we already label things that are safe; like nutrition content and drug ingredients. fiber content
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#35
so nutrition and content labeling is also fud? okey dokey gmo labeling, which already exists in
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#62
Would you require abortion clinics to deliver irrelevant, frightening information to its patients?
Orrex
Mar 2015
#56
I'd require them to provide whatever factual information the patient requests on their procedure
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#129
I certainly wouldn't require doctors to provide medically irrelevant information
Orrex
Mar 2015
#131
So a woman asks a factual question on a procedure on her own body and you want
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#134
If the is factual and related to a procedure a patient is to have there is no such thing as
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#169
The anesthesiologist's religion is not medical or related to the procedure
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#173
You have data stating that physicians feel bogged down with bothersome questions from patients
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#182
When did I make ANY claim to know more than a medical expert about their field?
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#168
When you presumed to declare what doctors should tell their patients, obviously.
Orrex
Mar 2015
#170
They should tell them the truth and call it a day. Again, I claim no authority.
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#178
You do know that the foundation of a market is the exchange of product
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Mar 2015
#81
I would like to have the ability to avoid products grown in a way that hurts the environment
Marrah_G
Mar 2015
#175
It isn't true that Bill Nye said that but if he had said it then he would have been calling
GreatGazoo
Mar 2015
#9
One Could Just As Well Put Up a Neat Little Graphic Comparing Pro GMO to Pro HRT ..
Upward
Mar 2015
#118
yup, they may not be bad for me, but we need to be good stewards of the larger
uppityperson
Mar 2015
#26
Golden rice is an interesting case. Critics originally pointed out that it didn't contain enough
Chathamization
Mar 2015
#183
he said he was in love and wanted to tell the world now. i wonder what his true love is
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#39
I'll let the more reasonable posters decide which of us might be engaged in "intellectual dishonesty
GreatGazoo
Mar 2015
#111
Who is it that is setting this impossible standard, the "hallmark of intellectual dishonesty?"
immoderate
Mar 2015
#105
Don't you think you'd need to begin with an existing problem (health disorder)...
Buzz Clik
Mar 2015
#114
Poll Shows Disparity Between Scientists And American Public On Scientific Issues (Including GMOs)
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#94
Depends on whether you think your food should trigger an immune response...
immoderate
Mar 2015
#110
It's not just GMO plants/seed, it's the entire chemical culture surrounding them.
HereSince1628
Mar 2015
#133
I agree. The GMO plants are devoloped to resist pesticides which are inarguably harmful to life.
DamnYankeeInHouston
Mar 2015
#142
You and Mr. PHD need to research the difference between a herbicide and a pesticide.
Boo-
Mar 2015
#150
Maybe more properly called biocides...I get that natural dirt isn't dead
HereSince1628
Mar 2015
#180
"If productivity (bu/ac) is the measure", we increased the productivity by deep plowing the Great...
Faryn Balyncd
Mar 2015
#237
There is quite a lot of research on the role of pesticides in bee colony collapse.
Spider Jerusalem
Mar 2015
#163
They, of course, aren't looking at environmental science. They also haven't proven their
mmonk
Mar 2015
#210
Do you realize that the supposed "GMO supporters" are only responding to anti-GMO BS?
HuckleB
Mar 2015
#241