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In reply to the discussion: If GMOs Are So Great, Then Label Them. [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)The entities introducing unnatural and potential problematic food on the market should be the ones that have to pay for labeling that when food contains these elements. We shouldn't have to rely on added costs to our TRADITIONAL and HEALTHY food to be labeled and verified as 'organic' not containing GMO content in them.
If the PROPER parties that didn't have as much monopolistic power like Monsanto does were the ones that PROPERLY paid for the labeling of where their newer products were put in food instead of traditional food (and us consumers of traditional food) being forced to pay extra to ensure that we continue to eat the way we traditionally had, then we'd have more of a test of what kind of food is really cheaper to produce and is healthy food that we all want to eat.
Yes, maybe some GMO food that is supposedly engineered to have pesticide in it that doesn't need sprayed pesticide doesn't need testing for that, but who's going to pay for the costs of the bees we lose and other untold side effects of these plants being unleashed in to the environment by these crops. Consumers should be informed and have a choice on the products they consume based on a total picture of what they do to our environment and our bodies.