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9. These aren't woo scientists.

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 01:38 PM

Sep 2013

Dr. David Bellamy, Biologist and Broadcaster, London, UK
Prof. Liebe Cavalieri, Mathematical Ecologist, Univ. Minnesota, USA
Dr. Thomas S. Cox, Geneticist, US Dept. of Agriculture (retired), India
Dr. Tewolde Egziabher, Spokesperson for African Region, Ethiopia
Dr. David Ehrenfeld, Biologist/Ecologist, Rutgers University, USA
Dr. Vladimir Zajac, Oncovirologist, Genetisist, Cancer Reseach Inst, Czech Republic
Dr. Brian Hursey, ex FAO Senior Officer for Vector Borne Diseases, UK
Prof. Ruth Hubbard, Geneticist, Harvard University, USA
Prof. Jonathan King, Molecular Biologist, MIT, Cambridge, USA
Prof. Gilles-Eric Seralini, Laboratoire de Biochimie & Moleculaire, Univ. Caen, France
Dr. David Suzuki, Geneticist, David Suzuki Foundation, Univ. British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Vandana Shiva, Theoretical Physicist and Ecologist, India
Dr. George Woodwell, Director, Woods Hole Research Center, USA
Prof. Oscar B. Zamora, Agronomist, U. Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines

And neither is my husband, a PhD chemist who avoids GMO foods.

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Contrary to (popular?) belief, woo does exist. [View all] Archae Sep 2013 OP

Woo exists. But just because Monsanto doesn't like a scientific point of view pnwmom Sep 2013 #1

If it comes from a woo web site, it is woo. Archae Sep 2013 #3

YOU are using exactly the same tactic:guilt by association. pnwmom Sep 2013 #4

It does look like in this case Monsanto is censoring critical science. Archae Sep 2013 #7

These aren't woo scientists. pnwmom Sep 2013 #9

You have still practiced guilt by association. salib Mar 2015 #28

+1 villager Mar 2015 #27

nice job on that straw man Enrique Sep 2013 #2

Bat Boy is a fraud... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #5

Greedo shot first n/t Scootaloo Mar 2015 #29

Woo is pervasive and very dangerous etherealtruth Sep 2013 #6

Do you know why there isn't enough scientific info? Because Monsanto and the other firms pnwmom Sep 2013 #10

I am aware and despise Monsanto etherealtruth Sep 2013 #11

I agree with you about woo. I disagree with the OP that people with concerns about GMO foods pnwmom Sep 2013 #14

There are three different types of people who oppose or are ambivalent... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #17

Were you aware that Monsanto and others were preventing independent researchers pnwmom Sep 2013 #18

Yes, and it seems to me that its related to how the legal system is inadequate... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #19

I wouldn't say GMO's are evil. And I won't say they're safe, either. pnwmom Sep 2013 #20

I would say for some, safety has been demonstrated due to unofficial experiments Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #22

These unofficial experiments are going on in a population pnwmom Sep 2013 #23

I made that same comment that I didn't think there was enough evidence yet to determine liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #16

There isn't enough research because the GMO producers don't allow independent researchers pnwmom Sep 2013 #21

Monsanto etherealtruth Sep 2013 #24

Woo proves that no matter intelligent or educated people are MicaelS Sep 2013 #8

Desperate people often make poor choices (regardless of intellect) etherealtruth Sep 2013 #12

In line with conventional wisdom, corporate bullshit for profit is neverending. nt Zorra Sep 2013 #13

You know what? nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #15

You can avoid whatever you want to avoid. HuckleB Mar 2015 #25

Welcome back. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #26