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In reply to the discussion: Kevin O'Leary (SharkTank) badly beaten in GMO debate with 14 year-old girl [View all]pnwmom
(110,301 posts)The 1992 FDA under Reagan decreed that henceforth, without any further research, all future GMO products would automatically be deemed safe. The burden would be on anyone alleging any dangers to prove the dangers with research. At the same time, the FDA allowed the producers to limit access to the seeds needed for research to certain approved investigators; and they allowed the producers to require "independent" investigators to sign confidentiality agreements which banned them from publishing results except with the permission of the GMO producers. What a sweetheart deal the Reagan FDA gave to the GMO producers.
Virtually all of the "science" produced since then has been conducted under these restrictions. With truly independent research being suppressed, these studies cannot be relied on.