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In reply to the discussion: Study linking GM crops and cancer questioned. [View all]proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)40. Short video, perhaps?
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/10/09/watch-stars-ask-public-to-vote-yes-gmo-labeling-with-prop-37/
Danny Devito, Dave Mathews, Emily Dechanel, Bill Maher, John Cho, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson, KaDee Strickland and Kristin Bauer van Straten use some reverse psychology to say that you dont need to know what goes into your food. So what that China, Japan, Europe and other countries require foods with GMOs to be labeled. In America, we cant handle that kind of information so best to let the companies worry about our health and for us just to trust them. Sounds like a good health plan, right? Yeah. Not so much.
Danny Devito, Dave Mathews, Emily Dechanel, Bill Maher, John Cho, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson, KaDee Strickland and Kristin Bauer van Straten use some reverse psychology to say that you dont need to know what goes into your food. So what that China, Japan, Europe and other countries require foods with GMOs to be labeled. In America, we cant handle that kind of information so best to let the companies worry about our health and for us just to trust them. Sounds like a good health plan, right? Yeah. Not so much.
Link from http://organicconsumers.org/
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A fine piece that covers a wider swath of the issue from the science standpoint.
HuckleB
Sep 2012
#2
My opinion? It's scientist vs. scientist / industry's fading efforts to censor independent research.
proverbialwisdom
Oct 2012
#10
Which, in your rigid world view, is any post without an authoritarian stamp of approval
Chemisse
Nov 2012
#62
The saga of 'Scientist' vs Scientist with and without the benefit of the internet. Oh, snap.
proverbialwisdom
Oct 2012
#34
The Slate source brought up Mother Jones writer, Tom Philpott, and so does ThinkProgress.org below.
proverbialwisdom
Oct 2012
#44