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Are We Finally Accepting the Scientific Consensus on GMOs?
Townhall ^ | 02/06/2017 | Andrew Wilford

Posted on 02/06/2017 5:38:26 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 02/06/2017 5:38:26 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

GMO’s are the vile Putrid of Globalists v. human beings.
Monsanto and Syngenta need to be shut down, now.


2 posted on 02/06/2017 5:41:25 PM PST by acapesket (all happy now?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Starving cows will not eat GMO corn to save their lives.

I’m sure it’s good for YOU, though...


3 posted on 02/06/2017 5:42:23 PM PST by BBB333 (The power of TRUMP compels you!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Anyone who trusts Gubbermint “scientists” and the news media to tell them what to eat is out of his MIND!


4 posted on 02/06/2017 5:44:07 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: SeekAndFind

Depends on how you define safe.

I’ve read GMO grains kill off gut bacteria, which are a key component of the immune system.

Beyond that, deer won’t eat GMO corn, according to my Amish neighbors. If they won’t, I wonder why I would consider it...

That said, if someone else wants to eat them, have at it. Your mouth, your call.


5 posted on 02/06/2017 5:44:14 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t know (or in truth care about the opinions of others) but choose not to eat GMO foods myself.


6 posted on 02/06/2017 5:44:17 PM PST by zerosix ( Native Sunflower)
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To: SeekAndFind

“And as Mark Lynas of the Cornell Alliance for Science has pointed out, many of the same tactics used by climate change deniers are mirrored by the anti-GMO movement.”

Analogy fail.

Later on in the article it provides an instance of NY Times anti-GMO.

The Times are never anti-Global Warming.

Don’t tie anti-GMO with anti-Climate Change.


7 posted on 02/06/2017 5:45:21 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SeekAndFind

They usually miss the point that the GMO corn is engineered to be able to withstand mass spraying of glyphosate (RoundUp). I don’t care if they say that the corn itself is fine, which I don’t believe. Because of the GMOs, they are soaking the ground and the food with even more glyphosate, which is a proven carcinogen.


8 posted on 02/06/2017 5:47:41 PM PST by Elvina ("...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
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To: acapesket

“GMO’s are the vile Putrid of Globalists v. human beings.
Monsanto and Syngenta need to be shut down, now.”

The craziest moon bat liberal leftist couldn’t have said it better.


9 posted on 02/06/2017 5:47:45 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: BBB333

“Starving cows will not eat GMO corn to save their lives.”

Lol.

Cows will eat brains of other cows. They’ll eat anything.


10 posted on 02/06/2017 5:48:35 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SeekAndFind

> the relative lack of outrage over the forthcoming release of “non-browning” genetically modified apples could mean public perception of GMOs may be changing.

Yeah right.


11 posted on 02/06/2017 5:50:33 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: SeekAndFind
Realizing GMOs’ potential to drastically improve agricultural outcomes, over 120 Nobel Laureates and thousands of scientists signed a letter calling on global governments to embrace genetic modification. They even declared opposition to GMOs to be “a crime against humanity.”

All right. Another scientific consensus, and the deniers are committing "a crime against humanity". It looks like the next step will be to recommend prosecution of those who deny the wonderfulness of GMO crops.

Where have we heard all this before?

Simple. Just be proud it and label the GMO food and let consumer decide.

12 posted on 02/06/2017 5:51:33 PM PST by Will88
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To: BBB333

Where did you hear that? It is definitely not true.


13 posted on 02/06/2017 5:51:36 PM PST by tiki
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Believe me, deer eat GMO corn.


14 posted on 02/06/2017 5:52:51 PM PST by tiki
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To: tiki

Do you believe aspartame is good for you as well?

The same information is out there.

You do the looking...or go ahead and eat some ‘Roundup ReadyTM’ corn.


15 posted on 02/06/2017 5:54:53 PM PST by BBB333 (The power of TRUMP compels you!)
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To: tiki

“Believe me, deer eat GMO corn.”

Apparently, not Amish deer.


16 posted on 02/06/2017 6:02:51 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: SeekAndFind

GMO’s are not the same as cross breeding and improving on nature. For one, the plants become annual instead of perennials. The reason for this is, control of the food supply. I don’t know about anyone else, but food, water and air should not be controlled by any government or corporation..


17 posted on 02/06/2017 6:23:50 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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To: BBB333

I don’t use Aspartame because it tastes like crap.

I have studied it and I have and do eat Roundup Ready corn.

We’ve used Roundup since it was released 40 years ago.

One major cause of cancer is obesity so if avoiding GMOs makes people lose weight it will be a good thing.

In the products that were tested that have had residues they were 0.01 ppm to less than 2 ppm and that was in non-GMO oats. Still much less than the allowed residual. They did find some honey that had 121 ppb, way, way under the allowed residual.

Eat how you want, GMOs aren’t going away because there is no science that says it is dangerous to health.

Pay attention to food recalls. Most of them are organic.

Our life spans have increased not just because modern agriculture provides abundant food but because they provide safe food. There are molds and fungi in untreated crops that are very carcinogenic. That is one of the reasons cancer is much higher in third world countries.


18 posted on 02/06/2017 6:30:15 PM PST by tiki
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I’m assuming the Amish don’t plant GMOs.


19 posted on 02/06/2017 6:31:18 PM PST by tiki
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To: Glad2bnuts

Your food isn’t. Monsanto came up with it and in the beginning, had complete control but that is no longer the case. Everyone jumped in and there are 100s of companies with GMO seeds.

Unless you have your own well, water is controlled by government though and in most places government decides if you can have a well.


20 posted on 02/06/2017 6:37:39 PM PST by tiki
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