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2016 Postmortem

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NRaleighLiberal

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18. the problem is it takes years to study this sort of thing.
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 10:18 PM
Aug 2015

We are going down a road that hasn't been sufficiently, independently tested. Are there studies that guarantee that it will not happen? Because that is the issue - just because we can do something doesn't mean we should until we are sure.

Way, way, way too complex an issue - and not a black and white issue. And no politician has the scientific capability to be unequivocal on one way or another.

My qualifications - as one with an Ivy League PhD in Science and an avid gardener who has been watching and observing my surroundings for 30 years, and major seed saver of open pollinated crops, everything in my thought process tells me that we do not know nearly enough about genetically engineered crops to know for sure what all of the impacts will be.

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
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