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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

progressoid

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13. Labeling won't help Pete understand what's in his food.

Reply to zalinda (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:02 PM

Mar 2016

That you (and others) equate GMO's with Agent Orange shows how little people understand this subject. They are mostly motivated by fear. And citing thousands of scientific studies isn't going to change your mind - even if they weren't paid for by Monsanto.

The irony is that labeling is a big business stance, not a scientific one. Businesses will do it to satisfy a consumer demand and not for any scientific or health reasons.

Labeling is driving by fear. And labels will only feed your fear. It won't educate.

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Good article on GMO labeling. [View all] Eko Mar 2016 OP

If we can't trust ConAg, Nestles, Monsanto - why are we trusting GMO? Even if GMO is "safe"... marble falls Mar 2016 #1

You dont have to. Eko Mar 2016 #2

Because a lot of people don't like it zalinda Mar 2016 #4

Oh, Eko Mar 2016 #5

All you have to do Eko Mar 2016 #6

You kind of have that backwards. progressoid Mar 2016 #7

Ah hell you better not eat apples then. Apples come from grafted trees. yellowcanine Apr 2016 #16

It can happen in nature zalinda Apr 2016 #17

Name that fallacy! HuckleB Apr 2016 #18

No you don't understand the concept of grafting. yellowcanine Apr 2016 #19

Or maybe Eko Mar 2016 #3

It certainly seems like a religion on DU. progressoid Mar 2016 #8

Its not a religion. Its a simple choice. The way I prefer red skins to russetts. Why do some here... marble falls Mar 2016 #9

A choice to believe in something regardless of what science says. progressoid Mar 2016 #10

Just label them for Pete's sake. zalinda Mar 2016 #11

You want labels for one seed development technology, but not all of them. HuckleB Mar 2016 #12

Labeling won't help Pete understand what's in his food. progressoid Mar 2016 #13

No, it will tell me that I need to look up the origin zalinda Mar 2016 #14

There's nothing unnatural about it. HuckleB Mar 2016 #15