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In reply to the discussion: I'm just going to leave this here quietly, then run like hell.... [View all]Motown_Johnny
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I never understood the irrational fear of GMOs and I guess I never will.
Our body does not react to the DNA in the foods we eat. We don't have any chance of growing gills from eating fish or snouts from eating pork.
The very idea that the DNA being combined, to create the food product, in a lab instead of in nature makes no difference at all.
The problem is that people who have decided that this is something to fear will still succumb to their irrational fear. They are beyond help. I just hope it helps the next generation to see the truth and not fall into the same trap.
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Do you fully support the way Monsanto is genetically modifying food organisms?
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#10
What's actually happening on the ground so to speak with Monsanto modified organisms.
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#20
Lives saved by GMO's? Are you kidding? Anything & everything that Monsato claims
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#32
Of course there are, but Monsanto goes after ANYONE they want, regardless
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#46
Do you only eat food that you have 100% knowledge of the chemical processes ...
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#21
Well, I know people have been eating unmodified versions of the foods I eat for centuries
RomneyLies
Jan 2013
#23
I certainly haven't said that, I think there is immense potential for good in GM
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#45
People with food allergies have good reason to be leery of GMO's, till the producers can identify
pnwmom
Jan 2013
#48
"I discovered science, and in the process I hope I became a better environmentalist."
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#4
You want the most BASIC reason to oppose GMO's? Our food supply needs diversity for survival. GMO's
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#24
If GMO were actually being used to better mankind rather than wring every last drop of profit
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#6
Well, it might be because large numbers of baseless objections are a pain in the ass.
sibelian
Jan 2013
#96
End all organism and seed patents and close all present and future legislation.
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#11
So other than profit, what's the incentive for developing a better hybrid tea rose?
Major Nikon
Jan 2013
#64
People don't require GMOs to have a healthy nutritious diet of their own choosing.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#47
Climate change will soon begin to affect food production to a degree we can't ignore.
randome
Jan 2013
#75
The Effect of Glyphosate on Potential Pathogens and Beneficial Members of Poultry Microbiota In Vitr
dkf
Jan 2013
#78
The problem with GMOs is, and has always been, that we don't know what what will happen
Taverner
Jan 2013
#87
apologies to the scientists in this thread- MONSANTO IS EVIL AND GMO's are an INSIDIOUS DANGER!!!
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#97