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Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are made by forcing genes from one species, such as bacteria, viruses, animals, or humans, into the DNA of a food crop or animal in order to introduce a new trait.
Most corn, soybeans, canola, cottonseed, and sugar beets grown in the US are genetically modified. 61 countries require labeling of GE (genetically engineered) foods. Not the US.
To learn more:[link:http://www.responsibletechnology.org|
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)roody
(10,849 posts)to eat food that has DNA not created in a laboratory?
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)when they start out with an insult, they got nothin.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Most opposition to GMOs comes from:
1. Confusing the technology itself with Monsanto's unscrupulous practices.
2. The reactionary "OMG, it's playing god" argument common both on the Fundamentalist Right and the New Age Left.
3. Popular prejudices about "mad scientists", many of Micheal Crichton's books are an example (Jurassic Park, Prey, etc.)
conscious awareness
(14 posts)To make seeds which destroy themselves is evil incarnate. But you support Big Pharma. Color me unsurprised in the least...
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)You are confusing the technology with Monsanto's shady business practices.
And I only "support big pharma" to the extent that I think "alternative medicine" is snake oil. If it worked it would not be "alternative", it would be just medicine.
conscious awareness
(14 posts)Get yourself edumacated about it, pal and then you would know! Woo is the truth and your living in delusion!
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)That's always a clue. The right-wingers don't know basic grammar or spelling.
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Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Fucking New Agers are no different from Fundies, both want to bring us back into the Dark Ages.
Fuck that shit.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)...eating produce that has been engineered to make their own pesticide. YUM!
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)dionysus
(26,467 posts)for people who where starving.
Tumbulu
(6,292 posts)it will continue to attract all the vile that repeating lies endlessly does.
And all the money in the world will not stop it.
The industry needs to be honest and open. This current display in CA shows that it has a very long way to go.
FSogol
(45,526 posts)roody
(10,849 posts)the market have been genetically modified. If it has added oils or sugar, the odds are that it has GE ingredients.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)roody
(10,849 posts)FSogol
(45,526 posts)hybridization. It would really help your GMO crusade. And if you think I am pro-Monsato, I am not. We probably agree on many of the issues. Good luck.
roody
(10,849 posts)Or only insult others?
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)There are some GMO products that are perfectly safe and harmless. It all depends on WHAT PARTICULAR GENE one inserts into the genome, and where, and how.
There are GMO products I would eat all day, and others I wouldn't touch with an ungloved hand.
Doremus
(7,261 posts)As a plant-based eater, I eat quite a bit of corn but have been worried about the GM aspect, especially since reading the results of the recent France study.
If you wouldn't mind sharing more info I'd appreciate it!
Melinda
(5,465 posts)Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food. And, it's going to pass .
roody
(10,849 posts)know. Is there a reason the naysayers cannot argue their case that GMOs should remain a secret?
Tumbulu
(6,292 posts)but the money thrown in against it has been phenominal.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)OH NOES!
Beware The Mules!!!
roody
(10,849 posts)natural fertilization of two non-GMO plants or animals.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)other crops is not a problem.
This is a natural fertilization process.
How about Broccoflower?
Or do you only have problems with genes being combined in a lab?
Would in vetro fertilization then be a problem for you?
I honestly think all this uproar over genes being combined in the lab is little more than superstition.