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15. Yeah, but they all have the same name.

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 12:03 PM

Sep 2013

I think we need to have different names for different types of GMOs.

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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

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

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