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Fine, label them so I can know what I am serving my family. If they are so great let me chose them peacebird Mar 2015 #1
Will you also be glad to make use of medical technology... Lancero Mar 2015 #2
If GMOs are so marvelous you should be able to label them & sell them for higher$$$$, right? peacebird Mar 2015 #5
The labeling movement shot themselves in the foot. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #7
Just last Wednesday I saw this firsthand. Archae Mar 2015 #10
I don't know from 'tender seedlings'. Or hippies. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #33
tell it to bill nye. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #51
Nye is not a trained geneticist or a food scientist, so the anti-GMO crowd dismisses him. Orrex Mar 2015 #111
Organic is a marketing label, nothing more. alarimer Mar 2015 #123
I'm proud to support GMOs - Can you link to any studies that show my examples have negative impacts? Lancero Mar 2015 #17
i hope the chemical companies hopemountain Mar 2015 #56
The Mexican government stopped Monsanto from selling the seeds. HuckleB Mar 2015 #59
"Peer review" is meaningless Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #105
very interesting. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #113
Your link is baseless. HuckleB Mar 2015 #120
Please list these "thousands of peer-reviewed" studies from around the world Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #126
Full disclosure please. How do you roody Mar 2015 #77
Full disclosure please. How do you HuckleB Mar 2015 #81
Not at all. roody Mar 2015 #83
You're scaring me. HuckleB Mar 2015 #88
This message was self-deleted by its author ND-Dem Mar 2015 #114
I don't. Lancero Mar 2015 #118
Listen, feel free to feed your family whatever you want. My family doesn't want GMOs. We don't sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #109
Well said. I don't get the attempt to FORCE people to eat what they don't want to eat. sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #110
I don't have diabetes. I don't need insulin. Label the food so we can decide whether to put sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #108
+100. They want to feed ordinary people crap. Only the rich should be able to choose. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #115
Maybe you should learn about science, and get back to us. HuckleB Mar 2015 #50
bad propaganda sure does suck, especially the kind financed by the kochs. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #52
Follow the money.... peacebird Mar 2015 #58
How would you have them labled? Bradical79 Mar 2015 #61
Forget labeling GMOs! We Need "Mutation Bred" Labels NOW! HuckleB Mar 2015 #62
We're talking about... sendero Mar 2015 #3
Then call em GMF - Genetically Modified Foods. Lancero Mar 2015 #4
That's great, but a few people calling them that isn't going to change the dialogue. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #34
I think I will just keep on buying locally grown veggies and fruits and meats from the Amish leftofcool Mar 2015 #6
Yeah, that'll feed 7 billion people... Oktober Mar 2015 #13
GMO production in China nationalize the fed Mar 2015 #23
The 7 billion people can eat all the GMO foods they want leftofcool Mar 2015 #28
The Amish are notorious for abusing their animals. LeftyMom Mar 2015 #22
Having lived among them for the last 8 years leftofcool Mar 2015 #27
Most objections to GMO's are really objections to overuse of herbicides bhikkhu Mar 2015 #8
There's also the problem of cross pollination sakabatou Mar 2015 #15
Exactly. silverweb Mar 2015 #19
What about GMO's that remove the need for chemicals in the first place? luke102938 Mar 2015 #97
Please give examples. silverweb Mar 2015 #99
Hear, hear! Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #106
+100 ND-Dem Mar 2015 #116
Except that isn't a objection to GMO's. Lancero Mar 2015 #24
One thing I've noticed, inevitably... Archae Mar 2015 #9
Unlike the pro-gmo side laundry_queen Mar 2015 #11
I'm pro GMO - Can any of the medical sites be linked to Monsanto? Lancero Mar 2015 #14
I said blogs, didn't I? laundry_queen Mar 2015 #20
I don't recall those names... MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #12
So should GMO technology be banned for potental risks? Lancero Mar 2015 #16
You just made the point of this clearer... MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #41
I have to in part, disagree. longship Mar 2015 #53
Let me state once again what I said to evaluate your understanding... MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #63
No, I said genes do not survive digestion, which is a fact. longship Mar 2015 #98
It's only a bunch of gobbledygook if you don't understand basic biology... MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #102
I am only aware of one of these studies. (Updated.) longship Mar 2015 #103
You won't bother? Apparently, you don't bother to read further than you want. MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #107
I discard bogus science. longship Mar 2015 #112
once an editor with ties to monsanto was appointed. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #117
"...genes do not survive the digestion process" proverbialwisdom Mar 2015 #127
Read on: Orrex Mar 2015 #129
From your link... longship Mar 2015 #130
Complete fiction. proverbialwisdom Mar 2015 #84
Utter tosh! longship Mar 2015 #86
Science does not matter to that individual. HuckleB Mar 2015 #90
at least they don't 'cite' websites funded by the kochs and run by the living marxism group... ND-Dem Mar 2015 #66
Comon folks, if the ever stated claim of 'all GMO's are bad' is true... Lancero Mar 2015 #18
Some are, some aren't. The 1992 FDA (under the Rethugs) decreed that henceforth pnwmom Mar 2015 #21
If you are so effing proud of these products... 99Forever Mar 2015 #25
Why don't organic companies label food developed using mutation breeding? HuckleB Mar 2015 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author 99Forever Mar 2015 #69
Awww, cute. You don't like it when your BS is shown for what it is. HuckleB Mar 2015 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author 99Forever Mar 2015 #72
No one is insulting your intelligence. HuckleB Mar 2015 #73
This message was self-deleted by its author 99Forever Mar 2015 #74
The "link" you requested has nothing to do with reality. HuckleB Mar 2015 #75
This message was self-deleted by its author 99Forever Mar 2015 #79
No, you don't get it. HuckleB Mar 2015 #80
... 99Forever Mar 2015 #82
How much does BASF pay you? HuckleB Mar 2015 #91
Is this the new meme? We are saying GMO instead of GMF, so, um, so what? djean111 Mar 2015 #26
If GMO food is great why the need to trick people into eating it? GoneFishin Mar 2015 #29
People already buy pounds of junk food they know is horrible for their family. tridim Mar 2015 #32
And every consumer is exactly like every other consumer. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #35
That's not true leftofcool Mar 2015 #36
People don't buy junk food? M'kay. tridim Mar 2015 #37
You said people are lazy consumers and will buy anything. leftofcool Mar 2015 #38
So the dedicated junk food aisles in every grocery store don't exist? tridim Mar 2015 #39
Re-read your post. you did NOT say most! leftofcool Mar 2015 #40
If mutation breeding food is great why the need to trick people into eating it? HuckleB Mar 2015 #49
Do You think we should label foods "Mutant" and "Cloned" also? luke102938 Mar 2015 #100
And the tonnage of pesticides needed to sustain them aren't great. no_hypocrisy Mar 2015 #30
Say what? HuckleB Mar 2015 #70
Good fucking grief! Not only are insulin-making bacteria living in vats separated from eridani Mar 2015 #31
The anti-GM lobby appears to be taking a page out of the Climategate playbook HuckleB Mar 2015 #42
"Some people.."? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #43
Politics is not science. HuckleB Mar 2015 #44
Neither is agrobusiness. Apparently, Europe is out of scientists that agree with you. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #45
Europe has plenty of scientists and science that show GMOs are safe. HuckleB Mar 2015 #47
Have you found a paper yet that says GMOs are safe? immoderate Mar 2015 #54
Funny that none of the listed countries ban GMO medtech Lancero Mar 2015 #65
Some are, some are not. hunter Mar 2015 #46
"The HepB vaccine is ALSO produced by use of GMO technology. " KamaAina Mar 2015 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author proverbialwisdom Mar 2015 #57
LOL! HuckleB Mar 2015 #60
Safety and efficacy are the topics. proverbialwisdom Mar 2015 #76
You offer nothing but anti-vaccine con games. HuckleB Mar 2015 #78
Figured someone would get a kick out of that. Lancero Mar 2015 #64
There is a great deal of overlap already. HuckleB Mar 2015 #67
Oh, anti-GMO tends to go hand in hand with anti-vax, chemtrails, and the whole shebang. HuckleB May 2015 #133
Someone is kicking this thread, and it can only be one of two people. HuckleB Mar 2015 #55
They are so great! roody Mar 2015 #85
Why don't you want all seed development technologies labeled? HuckleB Mar 2015 #89
And all that extra roundup in our food means weeds will not grow in our intestines. randr Mar 2015 #87
So GMOs don't lead to increased yields? HuckleB Mar 2015 #92
Organically maintained soils produce the highest yields of healthy food randr Mar 2015 #94
Can you support those claims with a clear consensus of peer-reviewed science? HuckleB Mar 2015 #95
Do you mean 'scientists' employed by Monsanto etc? randr Mar 2015 #96
So you admit that you have no basis for your claims. HuckleB Mar 2015 #119
My claim is that GMO's are developed to allow an increased amount of randr Mar 2015 #121
Your argument is false, and you are already backing away from your previous claims. HuckleB Mar 2015 #124
I oppose GMO ingredients in food, I support the manufacture of novel GMO drugs unavailable otherwise proverbialwisdom Mar 2015 #93
More. proverbialwisdom Mar 2015 #132
The genetically modified food in your tummy is making you say those things. Rex Mar 2015 #101
What utter BULLSHIT. DeSwiss Mar 2015 #104
+ uh Brazillion. Me, I like how the seeds don't reproduce. Octafish Mar 2015 #131
Golden rice has the potential for ending many cases of blindness. alarimer Mar 2015 #122
But Vandana Shiva sez it's bad Orrex Mar 2015 #128
(Not directed toward KA) I saw the top link on Twitter the other night. proverbialwisdom Mar 2015 #125
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