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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:47 PM

mike_c (34,654 posts)

12. yeah, that's odd....

I don't get it either.

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just about the only bad result in yesterday's returns was passage of Prop 35.... [View all]	mike_c	Nov 2012	OP
Why are you pleased about 37?	JDPriestly	Nov 2012	#1
because I'm a biologist...	mike_c	Nov 2012	#4
Interesting...	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#6
Labeling leads to heightened awareness by consumers	Gormy Cuss	Nov 2012	#14
it isn't always about money....	mike_c	Nov 2012	#18
Looks dorky, but it's the best GMO whistleblower news aggregating site I've seen.	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#37
Here's a terrific overview of the issues for the nonscientist, you'll agree.	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#40
I was referring to the donors, not you. n/t	Gormy Cuss	Nov 2012	#46
I supported Prop 37 because I wanted labeling of GMOs so the consumer can decide, just like	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#7
I doubt that the issue is going to go away...	mike_c	Nov 2012	#8
I'm sure you've read more than myself on this, but are you sure?	cui bono	Nov 2012	#13
it's my profession...	mike_c	Nov 2012	#16
But even if that is all true, what is the problem with knowing what has been done to your food?	cui bono	Nov 2012	#21
just as an aside...	mike_c	Nov 2012	#24
They tried to outlaw that sort of labeling.	cui bono	Nov 2012	#26
just to be clear....	mike_c	Nov 2012	#27
The monarch butterfly thing was thrown in as an additional problem.	cui bono	Nov 2012	#47
Too much hedging.	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#36
Arpad Pusztai - please google the name and read.	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#35
And what can you tell us about nutritional values and toxicity levels (comparatively)	underseasurveyor	Nov 2012	#9
that there is no connection between them, per se....	mike_c	Nov 2012	#11
That's basic biology/evolution.	underseasurveyor	Nov 2012	#17
everything is a "chemical...."	mike_c	Nov 2012	#19
I've been calling you on this Bt toxin thing all week now mike-c	Tumbulu	Nov 2012	#29
I've been ignoring you all week because this is Luddite hysteria....	mike_c	Nov 2012	#38
Sorry mike_c the EPA fouled this one	Tumbulu	Nov 2012	#43
:-)	underseasurveyor	Nov 2012	#45
I think I'll trust the research and studies so far.	underseasurveyor	Nov 2012	#41
answer....	mike_c	Nov 2012	#42
Cool	underseasurveyor	Nov 2012	#44
What's your take for growth of Bt resistant insects? Are there other options for organic producers?	pinto	Nov 2012	#20
there are emerging signs of resistance in a few species...	mike_c	Nov 2012	#23
Thanks. The Nature Biotech piece was interesting, as is the refuge approach it mentions.	pinto	Nov 2012	#25
For historical purposes these big companies	Tumbulu	Nov 2012	#30
That's interesting. Someone I know who is getting a PhD from a good university	JDPriestly	Nov 2012	#31
So You Think We Should be Kept Ignorant of What is In Our Food	AndyTiedye	Nov 2012	#48
37 going "down in flames" is not a good thing. Personally, I WANT to know what is in my "food".	LoisB	Nov 2012	#2
yeh, i don't understand why more people don't want to know	frylock	Nov 2012	#3
it made my morning....	mike_c	Nov 2012	#5
I'm interested in your take on it but I have to say I really don't like this "ignorance and fear"	cui bono	Nov 2012	#15
I'm really bummed about Prop 34, but at least 3-strikes was reformed	petronius	Nov 2012	#10
yeah, that's odd....	mike_c	Nov 2012	#12
I think one vote (3 strikes) was a simpler call than the other (DP), a more visceral call.	pinto	Nov 2012	#22
Well I'm very very disappointed about 37 losing, that's awful. Still I imagine	Raine	Nov 2012	#28
Best and saddest expert analysis I have encountered on GMOs ever - discovered several days ago.	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#32
Related material here:“No studies to date have experimentally examined the causal relationship btwn"	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#33
Recommended.	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#34
Statement re: AAAS Board Statement Against Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods	proverbialwisdom	Nov 2012	#39

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