Bill Nye the Scinece Guy on GMOs

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239. There IS a scientific reason to label GMO's in food.

Without them, as the John's Hopkins scientist points out, it isn't possible to do epidemiological research.

http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-consumers-be-worried-about-genetically-modified-food/there-are-plenty-of-reasons-to-worry-about-gmo-food

By Robert Lawrence Professor in Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

There's much debate about the healthfulness or risk associated with consuming GMO foods, and the long-term health effects are unknown. But even if these foods were perfectly safe to eat—and that's a big "if," because we can't conduct epidemiologic surveillance or long-term population studies without product labeling—there are plenty of good reasons to worry about these foods.

One problem is the dangerous precedent being set, whereby corporations are permitted by the government to sell these foods without labeling them. In effect, consumers are being denied their right to know what they are buying and eating and are thus unable to make informed decisions.

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