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In reply to the discussion: Anti-GM protesters kept from tearing up wheat crop by police [View all]yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)49. Plants produce all kinds of defensive chemicals. Scientists study them for effects on human health.
Lots of investigations on that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_defense_against_herbivory
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It's hard to have symptathy for idiots who attack publically funded research institutes.
enki23
May 2012
#1
Plants produce all kinds of defensive chemicals. Scientists study them for effects on human health.
yellowcanine
May 2012
#49
Big business, altruism? Read this reporting, though it sounds like a fictional political thriller.
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#25
NOTE: Posts #23 and #25 refer to Dr. Arpad Pusztai's work in the UK described in post #18.
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#45
Suppression of science free of conflict of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpad_Pusztai
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#18
Another grossly misleading oversimplification. Not up to speed? FORBES on the CDC here.
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#20
Correction: they could sue YOU for their pollen on your property if they own the pollen patent.
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2012
#57
Sad. "We know that their primary goal is not anybody’s food security but their own bottom line."
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#31
Again, "Unlike big companies, small-scale women farmers do NOT grab millions of acres of land
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#32
He can't have it both ways. Either help Africa or help agribusiness, but they're mutually exclusive
WriteWrong
May 2012
#43
Says enhanced to fight aphids, hence it makes its own bug spray, hence, yeah Monsanto,
bemildred
May 2012
#28
No, it makes the natural bug "ew, don't eat this" scent that 400 other plants already do.
boppers
May 2012
#29
Nice summary of absence of consensus among FDA scientists described in 2001 legal brief at link.
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#35
Fear, uncertainty, doubt? How about independent FDA scientists being overruled by bureaucrats?
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#41
Selection is a slow method to find vertical mutations, variants, and interesting gene transfers.
boppers
May 2012
#46
You really want to go there? How's the health ofAmerica's children since the introduction of gmos?
proverbialwisdom
May 2012
#48
Roundup-ready crops do NOT fight weeds. They resist being poisoned by a broad-spectrum herbicide
WriteWrong
May 2012
#38
5/23/12 Press Release: American Medical Association Considers GMO Labels
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2012
#56
"...AMA delegates decided to refer this resolution to a committee that would review recent science."
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2012
#59