Science And GMOs Are Not The Bad Guys Here

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5. So many half truths in this article.

The discovery of DDT was science and the discovery that it devastated bird populations was also science. Science is a tool, not a meme to be used to support a corporation.

Both DDT and tobacco brought billions in profit to greedy corporations. Science is not the problem here, it's how science is used by corporations that is the problem. What's the big deal about testing new products, even if they are created by using scientific methods. In fact, using the scientific method to test new products for problems before they sicken people and devastate the environment is well..scientific.

As a small farmer I can honestly say small low tech solutions are amazingly useful in everyday farming. You don't need an expensive American kitchen to get a garden going. Every culture, every person has some amount of trash and waste. Using that trash and waste to garden with is not limited to rich Americans. In many arid areas the simple solution of planting under a tree can work wonders.

The problem with white rice that the GMO rice was trying to cure is economic. Poor people eat a lot of white rice because it is very cheap and frequently one of the few staples subsidized by corrupt governments. Poor families do not have the money to buy a lot of other foods. They can't afford a varied diet to get the carotene they need. So the white rice is just fine if it is eaten with other foods. Richer families do not have problems with getting their balance of carotene. Not everyone who eats rice will suffer from vitamin deficiency. So the real problem here is poverty and corruption and not white rice. What about giving all that GMO research money to those poor people? It will do a lot more for a balanced diet than creating a GMO rice.