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2016 Postmortem

ruffburr

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11. Because the-

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #8)

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 09:42 PM

Aug 2015

"Chemicals" are engineered into the seed there by genetically altering the whole plant so instead of on they are In the plants, Thanks for being for labeling though, At the very least that is what should be done.

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Hillary supporters - [View all] ruffburr Aug 2015 OP

Those are great questions. I hope you'll get some good answers. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #1

Lets see... JaneyVee Aug 2015 #2

Science does not mean pro-GMO NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #3

I'm sorry that- ruffburr Aug 2015 #4

I completely agree - I think you misread my response. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #5

I get it now- ruffburr Aug 2015 #6

GMOs aren't chemicals, quite the opposite... JaneyVee Aug 2015 #8

and what do you think that may do to the pollen that pollinators ingest? NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #9

Have any studies yielded negative results yet? JaneyVee Aug 2015 #10

The studies I've seen- ruffburr Aug 2015 #12

we will have massive crop failures if we kill off all of the pollinators NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #13

But are there studies suggesting that is occurring? JaneyVee Aug 2015 #17

the problem is it takes years to study this sort of thing. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #18

Because the- ruffburr Aug 2015 #11

There are no chemicals in it. JaneyVee Aug 2015 #15

There seems to be some misunderstanding about what they are ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #14

nice - and thanks. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #16

until the absolute truths are known can we agree to label? ruffburr Aug 2015 #19

I completely and utterly agree! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #20

Here: George II Aug 2015 #7