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A few questions for the anti GMO crowd

Are most of you against all GMO's or do you just want more testing and oversight as well as labels? If so we are probably on the same page.

Being against all GMO's no matter what seems pretty close minded and anti-science to me but I can fully understand suspicion of companies like Monsanto. Still, Monsanto's work and the work of dedicated scientists not affiliated with Monsanto who are trying to create drought resistant, vitamin rich crops to save lives are two totally separate issues.

Secondly, what exactly is your logical argument against GMO's that test as safe for consumption and for their impacts on the environment? I understand suspicions about the testing but if there was testing you could trust that showed a GMO plant to be safe, would you be okay with that?


Third, what if a plant sprayed with roundup for hundreds of years naturally became resistant to it? What if those that developed the resistance over time had exactly the same gene make up as those done in the lab quickly? For example, if a chemist was to look at the plant that took on a new gene through natural selection and gained the resistance naturally and a plant that was given the gene by scientists in the lab and saw no difference in their chemical make up; then would you still be against the plant done in the lab?

I fear there are two polarized groups here on DU but there shouldn't be. There should be a way to find common ground. I know there will be suspicions and that is probably a good thing, but is there a way that you might ever believe that something has been tested enough to be safe or are you just wanting to see GMO's completely banned no matter what?

I get the sense there are two types of "anti GMO" folks on DU getting lumped into one group and that is un-fortunate. There are the open minded, critical thinking ones who want more testing and are suspicious of Monsanto (not really anti-GMO but suspicious of how well they have been tested) and the close minded ones who won't ever except any form of GMO because the natural selection was done in a dish and they just have strong opposition to anything not done naturally.