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Denzil_DC

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41. Why would a label necessarily do that? People are asking for INFORMATION labels.

Thu Dec 17, 2015, 01:12 AM

Dec 2015

The fact you're referring to them as "warning labels" is odd.

We label all sorts of products. Foods I buy prepackaged always have ingredients listed on their packaging. Loose-bought fruit and vegetables will usually tell me where they're grown on a shelf label where they're displayed. Some labels will go into quite a lot of detail about many aspects of their constituents, production, etc., down to whether they're fair trade, where and how they're grown, and the conditions of the workers that produce them. Whether a food is GM or not is just another aspect of that. Why hide it?

If GM foods have so many advantages, why not make them a selling point? Label them.

Otherwise your argument seems to boil down to a claim that people are too ignorant to be trusted with information about what they're buying and ingesting.

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Christmas comes early for GMO food labelers ! [View all] GreatGazoo Dec 2015 OP

Good. Thanks! pnwmom Dec 2015 #1

The GMO time bomb is ready to explode. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #2

As labeling is far too common sense, reductio ad absurdum LanternWaste Dec 2015 #3

What exactly do you want to label? mythology Dec 2015 #4

Modified is the "M" in GMO. The "G" part is different. immoderate Dec 2015 #28

No problem with labeling in the abstract, but I don't see a need for it. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #6

3..2..1..until the pro-GMO few show up darkangel218 Dec 2015 #5

That would be me, and I was in before the countdown. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #7

... darkangel218 Dec 2015 #8

Yeah, I get similar reactions from climate change deniers, anti-vaxers, and the like. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #9

When did you receive your biotech Nobel? closeupready Dec 2015 #11

I can read. Nobels aren't awarded for being well-informed. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #12

But you can't read labels. Because an informed consumer is the LAST thing we want! closeupready Dec 2015 #15

Jesus Christ. I already said I don't object to labels. WTF do you want? Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #18

If you're the only one allowed to rib others, I'm done here. closeupready Dec 2015 #19

Yeah. It always turns into "just kidding!" when it's realized ... Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #22

This guy makes more sense than you do: bvar22 Dec 2015 #16

Obama hater? I'm not surprised. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #17

Charistically Wrong Again. bvar22 Dec 2015 #20

Hm. "Moderate Republican Policy" Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #23

its not just the safety restorefreedom Dec 2015 #34

I have no problem with labeling, as I have said repeatedly in this thread. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #43

the food producers, who stand to make or lose money, restorefreedom Dec 2015 #46

The negative connotations. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #47

then the free market is working as it should restorefreedom Dec 2015 #48

or that the truth is a 'scare tactic', lol. closeupready Dec 2015 #10

And telling us that "pesticide" means only insecticide GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #13

soon enough the TPP will put an end to such nonsense, as well as food origins nt msongs Dec 2015 #14

The recent WTO ruling earlier this month against the US is shocking l.o.o.s.e.e-2 Dec 2015 #24

Saw more "no GMO" nuttiness this afternoon... Archae Dec 2015 #21

A scam would imply that the label is saying something false. If I see a label on a salt shaker that Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #26

Just buy the regular, unlabeled chocolate. No harm no foul. Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #27

Chocolate bars usually contain ingredients other than cacao, which may be GM: Denzil_DC Dec 2015 #33

sounds like Theo GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #42

We know, we know. Candy bar woo, right? marmar Dec 2015 #45

GMO OhDemMom Dec 2015 #25

Yay! I'm gonna celebrate with some GMO-free eggnog! bananas Dec 2015 #29

What's the prob w/ labeling gmo food? NightWatcher Dec 2015 #30

If there is a market for non GMO foods cpwm17 Dec 2015 #35

Dog meat is just as safe as cow meat, but we demand to know what we're getting NightWatcher Dec 2015 #36

GMO isn't an ingredient. cpwm17 Dec 2015 #37

Where is the harm in labeling? NightWatcher Dec 2015 #38

A label gives the government's stamp of approval that GMO foods are potentially dangerous cpwm17 Dec 2015 #39

Why would a label necessarily do that? People are asking for INFORMATION labels. Denzil_DC Dec 2015 #41

That's just stupid. roody Dec 2015 #44

There actually is evidence which should give us cause. immoderate Dec 2015 #40

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #31

Kick and R BeanMusical Dec 2015 #32