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crim son

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24. There's no point.

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 09:28 PM

Jul 2013

You clearly believe you know better. Me, I'm more than happy to allow you to eat the stuff, but I'd like to have the option not to and believe that, at minimum, food containing that... stuff... must be labeled. Really, is that too much to ask?

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No more GMO: Monsanto drops bid to approve new crops in Europe [View all] dipsydoodle Jul 2013 OP

Major K&R. closeupready Jul 2013 #1

Dear Monsanto .. 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #2

The best thing the U.S. can do is to dump Monsanto's GMO foods too. avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #3

+1 sakabatou Jul 2013 #4

Fat Chance LiberalLovinLug Jul 2013 #7

It's different in Europe DFW Jul 2013 #5

Daily shopping too tazkcmo Jul 2013 #14

Yeah, our fridge is no bigger even today DFW Jul 2013 #15

I just figure that... SoapBox Jul 2013 #6

Third eyes actually can improve vision. True. closeupready Jul 2013 #8

This describes the hysterics to a T roseBudd Jul 2013 #19

That's silly. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #28

That's silly. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #29

More historical context. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #54

More. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #30

You demonstrate my point with confirmation bias roseBudd Jul 2013 #34

Forget Seralini; try 118 articles on glyphosate from 'US National Library of Medicine' publications. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #41

I hate Monsanto, but where's the evidence that eating GM foods is bad for you? alp227 Jul 2013 #9

At least by making its labelling mandatory dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #10

That is all I'm asking for. Let me make the choice, indeed! eom Purveyor Jul 2013 #51

I'm sure you can volunteer to guinea pig for human testing closeupready Jul 2013 #12

Yep. laundry_queen Jul 2013 #59

There's plenty of evidence..... DeSwiss Jul 2013 #13

You mean like the botulism, created by Nature, or how about that natural roseBudd Jul 2013 #17

It works slowly. DeSwiss Jul 2013 #20

Very scientific claims there to back up your beliefs roseBudd Jul 2013 #22

Fraudulent science, how about sick kids? These findings give support to The Precautionary Principle proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #33

Fail. that is not evidence. roseBudd Jul 2013 #35

"Because while our children may only represent 30% of the population, they are 100% of our future." proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #42

Pusztai? Embarrassing. That the antis have nothing but bad science should tell you something roseBudd Jul 2013 #57

Pusztai is a heavy-hitter, as described in post #43. No contest. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #60

Logical fallacy Argument from Authority roseBudd Jul 2013 #62

ABSOLUTELY FALSE -"Peer review tells us that...Pusztai performed shoddy research." proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #65

This, too. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #43

Again Pusztai. Embarrassing roseBudd Jul 2013 #58

Replacement link. proverbialwisdom Dec 2013 #75

Ironic you'd mention risk factors. Here's a 2009 Press Release from Breast Cancer Action about rBGH. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #49

I was wondering when the Monsanto roody Jul 2013 #23

I am not a Monsanto folk, I research before I jump on band wagons roseBudd Jul 2013 #36

Courtesy Michael Hansen, PhD Senior Scientist, Consumer Reports: Monsanto, GM foods & Health Risks. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #46

And climate change deniers have Roy Spencer also a PHD roseBudd Jul 2013 #63

FALSE - "The vast majority of scientists agree that biotech food is safe. " The field is evolving. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #64

Climate change deniers do the same thiing. They flock to that roseBudd Jul 2013 #67

+1000 this is a giant waste of time... roseBudd Jul 2013 #18

The consequences are a failed business model. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #31

I imagine it's easier to trivialize and minimize the person than it is to take valid exception LanternWaste Jul 2013 #53

Check it out. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #72

"'no one in conventional medicine will have the data' to prove it"?? alp227 Jul 2013 #73

Oh, it's just a single case history, but wait for the GMO labeling laws to be implemented. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #74

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2013 #11

This is the left's climate change denial... roseBudd Jul 2013 #16

There's no point. crim son Jul 2013 #24

You can shop at Whole Paycheck, no one is preventing you from paying too roseBudd Jul 2013 #37

Um, take your Frankenfood shill act closeupready Jul 2013 #44

Whole Paycheck is full of GMOs! roody Jul 2013 #45

FYI, claims of altruistic and humanitarian motives are explored in investigative reports here. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #47

IAASTD examined global agriculture on scale comparable to Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #48

Check it out. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #32

Al Gore: The challenges raised by human biotechnologies on par with those of global climate change. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #50

Yea! Now let's do that in the US! blackspade Jul 2013 #21

Is European science crim son Jul 2013 #25

That is not evidence roseBudd Jul 2013 #39

you really are outnumbered here .... chillfactor Jul 2013 #52

K&R MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #26

Good to see felix_numinous Jul 2013 #27

It is not condescending to point out bad science. roseBudd Jul 2013 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author felix_numinous Jul 2013 #40

Clearly SPAM is not gmo n/t mathematic Jul 2013 #55

Witty. nt proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #56

More. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #61

Europe has its own ag-biotech companies--GMOs are here to stay Dagny_K Jul 2013 #66

GMO is needed to deal with 9 billion future humans & climate change roseBudd Jul 2013 #68

GMOs are Here to stay Dagny_K Jul 2013 #69

GMOs save arable land. GMOs given the opportunity can prevent over fishing, roseBudd Jul 2013 #70

Financial Times says Europe right to doubt GM crops. proverbialwisdom Jul 2013 #71