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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:10 AM Original message |
Genetically Modified Foods Have Serious Health Risks |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yup. They killed Mendel. Damn peas. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Intellectually dishonest argument. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Then don't let anyone you know |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. More disingenuous bullshit.. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Thank you |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Boy talk about a strawman. |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. And no one has ever produced any solid evidence that they are inherently safe |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. You can't prove that an entire class of items is "inherently safe." |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Nevertheless you can prove a single item is safe before releasing ity on the market |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Read up on the "Flavor Savor" tomato. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Actually, you should know that it's "Flavr Savr" tomato... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. wrong. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Sendero's response to your tripe is so spot on that I will repeat it: |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. It's all genetic modification. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yes, and there's not difference between rust and fire... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yup - and if you were to say "oxidation is dangerous", you'd be including both. Duh. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. But then I wasn't saying that, was I? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. The OP did. |
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Stargazer99 (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Did you read about the rats that died after eating GM potatoes? |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. Some points: |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The article... |
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PDenton (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. good counterpoint |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Thanks for the sanity check. |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. People with little technical knowledge ..... |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. "People with little technical knowledge of genetics"... |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Thank you for taking the time to say so eloquently what I was thinking (sort of). n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. The alarmists that are ignornant about the science dismiss any criticism of their fear-mongering... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. I'm A Biotech major and I'll just say that the paranoid luddite alarmism over GMOs is pathetic. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It won't stop. They'll just flame you for being a "corporate supporter". |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Like the Bristish Medical Association? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. NO ONE said "GMOs ARE GOING TO POISON US ALL" in this thread. Now, how many insults have you slung- |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Sure they are. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Fluoridation paranoia is on another thread! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Yup. Americans simply WANT to be stupid. |
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PDenton (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. what keeps gene transfer from happening |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. What genes do non-GMO foods have to transfer that we haven't |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. Has anyone else noticed even high end brands like Dole are saying packaged in USA not made in USA? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. "causing them to pump out potentially toxic or allergenic proteins" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. There's a speculation about everything. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Is it a valid specualtion or a very unlikely speculation? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. If it's from DUers, I assume it's just making shit up by default. But I could be wrong. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Someone made the statement last week, but the quote in the |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. or sudden allergies to gluten with age of onset at 40... n/t |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
35. "Alarmists", "ignorant", "fear mongering", "circular reasoning"...all right wing with-us/against-us |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
37. here is something to consider: the usually conservative insurance industry |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
40. GMO food is the wrong way to prevent loss due to pests. |
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