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In reply to the discussion: GMOs are as good as vaccines. [View all]HuckleB
(35,773 posts)174. It is irrelevant.
And it's ridiculous that you think the health care system should be mandated in such a manner, and be bogged down even further. Patients deserve better than that.
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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