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qb

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10. No brainer. You eat poison, you get sick.

Reply to ensho (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 11:57 AM

Dec 2011

The only good think about the old-style factory-farm food is you could wash most of the chemicals off. Not so when the chemicals are grown inside the food.

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Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals [View all] ensho Dec 2011 OP

How nice that our corporate friendly government doesn't require food manufacturers to label GMOs. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #1

because of that I haven't eaten corn in any form for a decade or so ensho Dec 2011 #3

How can you not? Corn or its products or by-products are in almost everything. RC Dec 2011 #5

I eat very little processed food and none with corn syrup in it ensho Dec 2011 #9

It is not so difficult to avoid arikara Dec 2011 #17

It's not in a surprising huge number of things called.. MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #18

I also avoid it like the plague. You have to avoid processed foods and avoid "corn syrup". valerief Dec 2011 #28

Do you eat meat or farmed fish? Luminous Animal Dec 2011 #22

Apparently most of the soybeans in the US are GMO also. And soy is mixed into a lot of our foods. Overseas Dec 2011 #8

Because we're a banana republic. A GMO banana republic. nt valerief Dec 2011 #29

"A GMO banana republic." CrispyQ Dec 2011 #35

How stupid will humans actually become? Time will tell. I am disgusted almost daily. n/t theophilus Dec 2011 #2

Stop shoving occult mutant crap food down America's gullet SpiralHawk Dec 2011 #4

I always use this example when I want to point out the idiocy of the MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #19

Yup - and Republicons and their corpss do all they can to keep the public uninformed or misinformed SpiralHawk Dec 2011 #23

Here is another checkmate for you! Charlemagne Dec 2011 #27

Very nice - thank you. n/t MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #36

Not just America's gullet. EFerrari Dec 2011 #26

Link to paper - published in 2009 Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2011 #6

Thanks. Great link. n/t MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #20

Smoking? Why... no studies have conclusively shown smoking can hurt you. The Doctor. Dec 2011 #7

No brainer. You eat poison, you get sick. qb Dec 2011 #10

VERY well put! The best cut-to-the-quick argument/response I've heard. gateley Dec 2011 #13

+1,000 freshwest Dec 2011 #31

Shocker. nt gateley Dec 2011 #11

My Hammond deaniac21 Dec 2011 #12

The sad part is... CanSocDem Dec 2011 #14

Monsanto is working on that Georgia Guidestones Message 1 Jello Biafra Dec 2011 #15

My guess is that there is a universal law that applies to all advanced civilizations in the Universe Speck Tater Dec 2011 #16

But how can this be? Scientists told us it was safe The Straight Story Dec 2011 #21

Scientific knowledge continually evolves as new scientific evidence comes into the mix. Uncle Joe Dec 2011 #25

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2011 #24

Yes, thanks for the thread SpiralHawk Dec 2011 #33

K&R DeSwiss Dec 2011 #30

Only name missing in the Evil Empire is Rummy. They worship death. freshwest Dec 2011 #32

Not important. The real story is profits for shareholders. How'd they do? It's all that matters. Scuba Dec 2011 #34