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HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
5. The problem is the lack of justification for labeling.
Thu Sep 4, 2014, 03:48 PM
Sep 2014

Further, the labeling movement really developed out of the organic industry's dishonest attempts to cause fear about GMOs.

What's odd to me, is how blatantly dishonest the anti-GMO crowd has been in its attempts to foment fear, and yet so few people actually stop and ask themselves, "Wow! These claims are really big claims! Maybe I should look into the reality, because things are almost never this black and white?"

A good piece on labeling:

http://fafdl.org/blog/2014/08/16/a-principled-case-against-mandatory-gmo-labels/

And then there's the costs of labeling:

http://dyson.cornell.edu/people/profiles/docs/LabelingNY.pdf

GMOS: AN INTRODUCTION (another worthy resource on the issue) HuckleB Sep 2014 #1
I don't have the scientific background to evaluate these claims, enough Sep 2014 #2
The site is very balanced, but it uses the actual scientific evidence. HuckleB Sep 2014 #3
A lot of the mistrust was caused by industry, itself Warpy Sep 2014 #4
The problem is the lack of justification for labeling. HuckleB Sep 2014 #5
The industry just created the paranoia by fighting so hard against something Warpy Sep 2014 #7
The paranoia was created by the organic industry. HuckleB Sep 2014 #9
Allowing labeling would have discouraged all but a few Warpy Sep 2014 #10
No, I don't. HuckleB Sep 2014 #11
And then we have the MSM, completely ignoring the science side of the equation, at times. HuckleB Sep 2014 #6
Well, that sort of arrogance of ivory tower "experts" exists at all levels. Warpy Sep 2014 #8
It looks badly written, to me muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #12
LOL! HuckleB Sep 2014 #13
Given your signature, that's a disappointing response muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #14
The writer knows her stuff. HuckleB Sep 2014 #15
And yet, I showed some simple logical mistakes muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #16
You made a claim that doesn't address the main content of the piece in any way. HuckleB Sep 2014 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Tumbulu Sep 2014 #20
19-year study of trillions of meals shows GE crops do not harm food-producing animals, humans HuckleB Sep 2014 #18
You keep forgetting... Archae Sep 2014 #19
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