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To: truthfinder9
The regulatory pathway for introducing GM food is so arduous that mountains of data are required. The author is wrong in its assessment of data needs.

Its easy to be a chicken little about GM foods but humans have been modifying food for tens of thousands of years.

7 posted on 03/29/2010 5:50:11 AM PDT by corkoman
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To: corkoman

People have been cross-breeding foods and animals for thousands of years, not molecularly altering genes. Both are genetics, albeit different kinds of genetics.


10 posted on 03/29/2010 5:54:58 AM PDT by truthfinder9
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To: corkoman

“Roundup residues present in one genetically modified corn are much higher than those found to cause toxicity in human embryonic cells and endocrine disruption,” says Gilles-Eric Seralini, one of the study’s researchers.

This is weed killer. This is a new thing in the world.


12 posted on 03/29/2010 5:55:15 AM PDT by BobMV
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