What is the desired result Denny? Would you be fine with a pharmaceutical company using 3 month trials, no side effect labeling or using their patent to avoid third party "unbiased" research on their product? Because that isn't the case in the pharma industry
[video=youtube;M8Mgvf-ULF4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Mgvf-ULF4[/video] Denny, I ask you to watch this…
figured you would say that. You are a libertarian. Wouldn't you be fine that the consumers of this country can determine the outcome of the opinion? If that's the case, then just allow foods to have the "GMO" label? Then people like you can buy it because you really don't care about GMO and others that are concerned have the ability to refuse to support GMO?
World Health Organization http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/biotech/20questions/en/ Q8. Are GM foods safe? ... GM foods currently available on the international market have passed risk assessments and are not likely to present risks for human health. In addition, no effects on human health have been shown as a result of the consumption of such foods by the general population in the countries where they have been approved.
This is the thing that bothers me. It's the "outta sight outta mind" concept. It's the "If I ignore it enough, eventually it will go away". One day, you will not be able to ignore it. I'm not against "GMO" I am against the process in how GMO is able to reach markets without proper testing. I'm against the ability of these corporations able to hide their labeling because they know that the consumers would negatively effect their sales. Why can't we let the market decide if this is good or bad? Why do pharma companies are held to strict testing trials and disclaimers used in advertising (warning this could cause cancer, heart disease, etc) at the end of the commercials?
Imagine the $billions in lawsuits waiting to happen should these conglomerates' food prove to be unsafe.
I've asked you the same question over and over again and you keep avoiding it. Are you opposed to GMO labeling and allowing the market to decide? I do like how you omitted the first paragraph of that question. "Different GM organisms include different genes inserted in different ways. This means that individual GM foods and their safety should be assessed on a case-by-case basis and that it is not possible to make general statements on the safety of all GM foods." And "Continuous use of risk assessments based on the Codex principles and, where appropriate, including post market monitoring, should form the basis for evaluating the safety of GM foods." http://www.codexalimentarius.org/standards/list-of-standards/ <--- They advocate that labeling it is a GMO product.
I don't give a shit. The food supply has been altered massively already, to the point we're all obese. Yet life expectancy has increased. There's good and bad in it all.
http://www.realclearscience.com/art...ust_end_the_organic_food_scam_now_106251.html We Must End the Organic Food Scam Now Editor’s Note: Mischa Popoff is an IOIA Advanced Organic Inspector and is the author of Is it Organic? which you can preview at www.isitorganic.ca. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Mischa Popoff.
How you figure? Separate food costs for what? Them changing their packaging to say "gmo"? Nah good companies will change their boxes and labels all the time. The prices don't change
I am well aware of the possible "organic fraud" that could take place. Although, I deal with the organic and commercial farming industry. What I do know is they test produce and the science is pretty damn accurate. They would test my fertilizers and know to the mg if any gmo are in my end product. It's pretty quick as well. Regardless, this isn't a "organic" vs "gmo" position. I'm fine with commercial farming. I'm not fine with GMO.
Essentially it's a fear mongering campaign. They are trying to convince the public that GMO foods are a health risk without any factual data to back it up. They are trying to force the food industry to stop producing GMO products and in so doing would certainly drive the price up.
You completely went off the reply. You said good prices would go up because of labeling. I said no, then you replied it was the fear longer campaign. So what is it?
