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bluestate10

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6. I am close to you camp. GMO crops have been in our food supply for centuries.
Fri Dec 28, 2012, 01:39 PM
Dec 2012

But past practitioners publicly owned up to and explained how and why they modified a particular crop.

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If GMOs are so safe and so healthy... [View all] leftlibdem420 Dec 2012 OP
GMO = occult Genetically Mutant foodlike crapola Berlum Dec 2012 #1
That is an over statement. We have had GM crops for centuries. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #8
If they are so wonderful then, why do Monsanto and Dupont et al Cleita Dec 2012 #12
For centuries? Bwaa ha ha ha. That's the standard corporate spin on mutant food Berlum Dec 2012 #16
GMO in this case means direct DNA manipulation which didn't exist until the 70's. JFC. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #17
Remember Anderson KT2000 Dec 2012 #2
In theory, I have no problem with GMOs. leftlibdem420 Dec 2012 #3
I am close to you camp. GMO crops have been in our food supply for centuries. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #6
You are intentionally being disingenuous and purposely trying to confuse the issues Occulus Dec 2012 #15
Cross breeding plants is one thing, splicing animal genes into veggies is another. I do not peacebird Dec 2012 #7
Many seem to be conflating GMO with cross breeding. Misleading and probably dishonest. byeya Dec 2012 #11
Monsanto & Co. should be extolling roody Dec 2012 #4
Part of the reason may be tradition. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #5
Then why are GMO crop producers afraid of being labeled as such? n/t Cleita Dec 2012 #13
I don't think so. Creating a plant that is resistant to a herbicide by either adding genetic byeya Dec 2012 #14
I assume this is salmon related. Igel Dec 2012 #9
When I was a kid the only seedless grapes were tiny and green. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #10
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