So you would rather farmers use older, more toxic herbicides? (Reply #66)

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Response to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #63)

Thu Nov 20, 2014, 02:58 PM

HuckleB (35,773 posts)

66. So you would rather farmers use older, more toxic herbicides?

I don't think that's a good way to go.

The more research that is done, the more clear it becomes that GMOs are actually reducing pesticide use, land use, and more.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0111629

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80 replies	Author	Time	Post
Genetically Modified Potato Is Approved by U.S.D.A. [View all]	HuckleB	Nov 2014	OP
Yup.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#1
+1. GMOs can be both good and bad, and need to be heavily regulated.	chrisa	Nov 2014	#4
The same can be said for all seed development technologies.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#7
this is too much-	Tumbulu	Nov 2014	#20
There is a system of regulation. Pretending otherwise is just too much, indeed.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#36
No there is not, and your misrepresentations just illustrate	Tumbulu	Nov 2014	#45
Prove your assertions.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#51
Claiming it's healthier is anti-science woo-woo.	bananas	Nov 2014	#22
It's funny to see you calling out such matters.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#60
"The new potato also resists bruising" - FrankenPotatoes with unproven health claims.	bananas	Nov 2014	#25
We have tomatoes you can put on your window	upaloopa	Nov 2014	#55
A healthier potato?	Lenomsky	Nov 2014	#33
That would not be good for a diabetic at all	yeoman6987	Nov 2014	#56
Why do you say that?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#5
Because it's not a use that has, as it's goal,	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#43
OK. So, are you saying most GMOs are different?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#61
'Most'?	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#63
So you would rather farmers use older, more toxic herbicides?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#66
More on this issue..	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#80
don't trust it. They keep making claims that end up not being true.	Sundome	Nov 2014	#24
Speaking of advertising as news	bucolic_frolic	Nov 2014	#32
The anti-GMO movement does make baseless claims on a daily basis.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#62
Modified potato last seen destroying Boise.	christx30	Nov 2014	#2
Somewhere there are tears in the eyes	AgingAmerican	Nov 2014	#3
Cool.	drm604	Nov 2014	#6
+1 Yes, it does!	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#8
I recall reading somewhere that someone is trying to engineer a tomato	drm604	Nov 2014	#9
Indeed. Still, yeah, there is nothing like picking a tomato and chomping on it.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#11
Looks delicious!	Kablooie	Nov 2014	#10
That's fucking great!	Scootaloo	Nov 2014	#14
Simplot, you're living in your own Private Idaho, not underground like a wild potato.	kwassa	Nov 2014	#12
Yeah, but can Dan Quayle spell it? n/t	RufusTFirefly	Nov 2014	#13
Is the rest of the potato identical?	bucolic_frolic	Nov 2014	#15
yawn	AtheistCrusader	Nov 2014	#16
Scientists and the GOP are in cahoots?	Dr Hobbitstein	Nov 2014	#17
Yes, at least!	Tumbulu	Nov 2014	#21
Interesting fact about these GMO potatoes:	Orrex	Nov 2014	#18
Bwhahaha!	babylonsister	Nov 2014	#76
+1,000,000 ... 000	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#78
I won't be buying any potatoes. Good for the	roody	Nov 2014	#19
I'm much more amenable to this than herbicide resistance (nt)	Recursion	Nov 2014	#23
Do you have any idea how much herbicides are used on organic produce?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#54
"Organic" in general? No, I have no idea	Recursion	Nov 2014	#58
Do you live on the farm?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#67
Where are the thc / cbd potatoes?	NBachers	Nov 2014	#26
I suspect the resistence to bruising was the primary aim	Prophet 451	Nov 2014	#27
You say potato; I say topato...	damyank913	Nov 2014	#28
In the past, food tasted like survival.	True Blue Door	Nov 2014	#39
I was referring to eating processed and genetically engineered food...	damyank913	Nov 2014	#47
All things change. All things. That is the salvation of life.	True Blue Door	Nov 2014	#48
Yes. And Soylent Green is made from people.	damyank913	Nov 2014	#49
I for one welcome our New God	Old Nick	Nov 2014	#29
The potato is designed to reduce a harmful ingredient in French fries.	candelista	Nov 2014	#30
"...a major supplier of frozen French fries to McDonald’s."	KansDem	Nov 2014	#31
The Myth of the Non-Decomposing McDonald’s Hamburger	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#37
I selected the video to make a point about the french fries...	KansDem	Nov 2014	#46
So reading about why is too much?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#50
What's NOT in them is the real answer	jmowreader	Nov 2014	#57
They won't be supplying any of these to Mickey D's	KamaAina	Nov 2014	#71
I thought they were already GMO'd	CountAllVotes	Nov 2014	#34
Depends where the potatoes are from	happyslug	Nov 2014	#42
Another reason to grow your own if you have a small plot of land....	dmosh42	Nov 2014	#35
Trust science. Don't trust the people who profit from its specific applications.	True Blue Door	Nov 2014	#38
And don't trust "organic" companies pushing baseless fear about GMOs.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#53
There are a large number of heirloom potatos and a very rich gene pool.	hunter	Nov 2014	#40
thank you	niyad	Nov 2014	#41
+1	BuddhaGirl	Nov 2014	#44
So why aren't farmers jumping at those seeds?	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#52
Worship of the almight dollar.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#64
So, you think farmers should not make a living.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#65
That's a very bizarre interpretation of what I wrote.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#68
Ah, so you have no response.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#69
No response to what?	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#70
Ah, you think I'm dumber than I look.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#73
No, I just don't know what you're talking about.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#74
I'd like to trust you, but I can't.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#75
Actually I didn't respond because the data in the link you provided doesn't support your claims.	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Nov 2014	#77
LOL! Prove it.	HuckleB	Nov 2014	#79
DUer magical thyme grows several of them. :-)	KamaAina	Nov 2014	#72
Image of the Genetically Modified Potato	Yavin4	Nov 2014	#59

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