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25. I'll go with a scientist

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 05:49 AM

Dec 2015

I Used to Work as a Scientist with GMOs—Now I'm Having Serious Second Thoughts About The Risks

I believe that GMO crops still run far ahead of our understanding of their risks.
By Jonathan Latham, PhD

http://www.alternet.org/food/i-used-work-scientist-gmos-now-im-having-serious-second-thoughts-about-risks

No GMO's in my kitchen. None. No Beet sugar, contaminated corn syrup, none. zero.

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Since a lot of people want to label GMO food here is what I propose. [View all] Eko Dec 2015 OP

Maybe you didn't notice. Your list is of toxic bacteria. Mika Dec 2015 #1

Since the bacteria comes from fertilzer for the most part Eko Dec 2015 #2

Use of Roundup has dramaticalliy increased since resistant GMO plants introduced n/t eridani Dec 2015 #3

Funny, Eko Dec 2015 #4

hmm... killbotfactory Dec 2015 #6

Whatever, Eko Dec 2015 #9

The link you posted in the OP doesn't say if anything was GMO or not killbotfactory Dec 2015 #11

Show me a food where it killed someone Eko Dec 2015 #13

Don't you even -suspect- that gmo and non-gmo foods share some risks? HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #29

because it was GMO AlbertCat Dec 2015 #40

And since we dont have GMO meat we can immediately discount half then. Eko Dec 2015 #24

Wrong eridani Dec 2015 #8

"superweeds" and hard-to-kill insects Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #21

Any pesticide creates that, Eko Dec 2015 #22

Not only. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #32

But whatever, lets get back to the point. Eko Dec 2015 #5

Im even good with Eko Dec 2015 #7

improper handling of anything causes foodbourne illness. killbotfactory Dec 2015 #10

Whatever, Eko Dec 2015 #12

I don't think GMO is dangerous in that way. killbotfactory Dec 2015 #15

Cool, Eko Dec 2015 #17

Let's just label everything with "can kill you" while we are at it. nt killbotfactory Dec 2015 #19

Seeing as how there have been no reported deaths from GMO's Eko Dec 2015 #20

I can show actual deaths from non GMO food Eko Dec 2015 #14

I'm with Tulsi nationalize the fed Dec 2015 #16

Refer to post 14. Eko Dec 2015 #18

I'll go with a scientist nationalize the fed Dec 2015 #25

So, not a single instance of GMO's killing someone Eko Dec 2015 #23

Countries that require GMO's be labeled. Backward countries all... MattSh Dec 2015 #26

That's because they are all anti-science stupid stupidheads. GoneFishin Dec 2015 #27

Lower grade school logic Person 2713 Dec 2015 #28

It doesn't seem to matter to many that the science based argument for labeling is non-existent Major Nikon Dec 2015 #30

Your statements do not logically 'add up'. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #33

Perhaps, but you certainly haven't made a case for that Major Nikon Dec 2015 #36

Yes, because people want to make the informed choice, a rational motivation Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #38

The FDA doesn't regulate the food and drug supply based on political want Major Nikon Dec 2015 #41

Good, then, I agree. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #42

Unless you won the Nobel Prize for biotechnology, you aren't persuasive here. closeupready Dec 2015 #35

I really feel no need to persuade anyone who never made a persuasive argument to begin with Major Nikon Dec 2015 #37

Oh FFS... Javaman Dec 2015 #31

I understand that the TPP has a section in it that will allow jwirr Dec 2015 #34

Fine with me. Label both and let the people decide what they wish to buy. EndElectoral Dec 2015 #39

How about a label with the amount of pesticide residue as confirmed by an independent lab? GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #43

Why is agribusiness afraid of labeling such benevolent food? Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #44