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In reply to the discussion: Why Organic Can't Fulfill Our Food Supply Ideals [View all]Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)It is quite apparent that you, sir/madam, have some sort of vested interest in GMOs. I have no such interest, but I do have a vested interest in what I eat. You claim that there are "thousands" of "peer reviewed" papers that "prove" GMOs are "safe", but peer review is worthless when the "peers" themselves have, or have had, a vested interest in what they are supposedly reviewing. That includes "former" employees of Big Ag who conduct "studies" funded by dubious sources, or who are set up as editors of journals and order unfavorable studies to be retracted.
As a very recent paper in Environmental Sciences Europe notes, "Rigorous assessment of GMO safety has been hampered by the lack of funding independent of proprietary interests."
and
"Claims of consensus on the safety of GMOs are not supported by an objective analysis of the refereed literature."
http://www.enveurope.com/content/pdf/s12302-014-0034-1.pdf
And human health is not the only concern about GMOs, as a recent UNCTAD report points out
http://unctad.org/en/publicationslibrary/ditcted2012d3_en.pdf