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Lunacee_2013

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4. I still want food labels.

Reply to ZombieHorde (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 02:33 AM

Sep 2013

We should all have the right to know about the things we eat. Besides, if gmo foods are better, theyll still sell no matter what. Or does that whole "free market, sink-or-swim" thing only apply to the little people?

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Labels for GMO Foods Are a Bad Idea [View all] ZombieHorde Sep 2013 OP

So the editors of Scientific American... ljm2002 Sep 2013 #1

Only until something else becomes the new nutritional shiney Recursion Sep 2013 #5

Do you think bananas should be labeled as GMOs? nt ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #11

Not hybridized... diwali 1103 Sep 2013 #14

Yeah, but they all have the same name. ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #15

Does Frankenfoods work for you? diwali 1103 Sep 2013 #16

As long as almost everyone agreed with the definition. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #23

Why do they all have the same name? laundry_queen Sep 2013 #20

I guess that would depend on the banana... ljm2002 Sep 2013 #18

As I've said many times before HeiressofBickworth Sep 2013 #2

I always look for labels that I can trust, Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2013 #3

I still want food labels. Lunacee_2013 Sep 2013 #4

I'm not against labeling but the article Union Scribe Sep 2013 #6

From Scientific American no less. Sad. Celefin Sep 2013 #7

It's pathetic. Cha Sep 2013 #8

The line you quoted is interesting to me because Europe ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #12

EU regulations require a GMO-label on every product containing more then 0.9% GMO Celefin Sep 2013 #22

That is interesting information. ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #24

In what way are modern bananas GMOs? nt killbotfactory Sep 2013 #27

They have been genetically modified to not be filled with seeds. ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #30

I tend to not want frog genes in my oranges newfie11 Sep 2013 #9

Nutrition isn't the only issue eridani Sep 2013 #10

The other downside to GMOs is the rush to monoculture - hedgehog Sep 2013 #13

That is a good point, in my opinion. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #31

I am pro-label. n/t PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #17

Not buying it. We have a right to know. OnionPatch Sep 2013 #19

Perhaps there should be a difference between "breeding" GMOs and "laboratory" GMOs haele Sep 2013 #21

Good post. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #25

Jesus christ GMO is not the same as selective breeding killbotfactory Sep 2013 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Vincardog Sep 2013 #28

genetic engineering is far more precise and, in most cases, is less likely to produce an unexpected Vincardog Sep 2013 #29