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bluestate10

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8. That is an over statement. We have had GM crops for centuries.

Reply to Berlum (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 01:46 PM

Dec 2012

You can't eat a tomato, or ear of corn, or soybean, or wheat product that doesn't have GM in it's lineage - regardless of where you buy it from. What past practitioners did that current one are resisting is explain how and why their crops were modified. There have been some noble reasons for modifying crops, in several cases doing so prevented or stopped mass death from starvation.

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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