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To: stubernx98

There is a difference between gene inserted glyphosate and seed breeding, one contains an untested chemical, the other contains natural hybridization.
Go for it!


3 posted on 04/01/2014 4:34:06 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: acapesket
There is a difference between gene inserted glyphosate and seed breeding, one contains an untested chemical, the other contains natural hybridization.

1. A gene is not a chemical. The RU Ready gene does NOT insert glyphosate chemicals into the plant, it makes the plant resistant to the glyphosate based herbicides.

2. Basic category errors indicate your knowledge base is somewhat limited.

3. Glyphosate is not an untested chemical.

4. You seem to have missed the paragraphs regarding wide cross hybridization and mutagenesis, both of which are unregulated and can and have produced all sorts of previously unknown genetic changes into food crops.

5. Nature moves genes between species without our permission or knowledge all the time. Humans generally only notice it when such change has negative effects on us.

5. Doing it with modern lab technology means the changes are no longer unknown prior to being introduced.

6. Nature or natural processes are not benevolent or benign. The only force with a higher kill rate is government.

9 posted on 04/01/2014 6:27:39 PM PDT by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: acapesket
Agreed. Risk expert Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of The Black Swan, and risk expert) makes the point here.
27 posted on 04/02/2014 7:58:20 AM PDT by slowhandluke (It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
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To: acapesket

When GMO food hits your stomach it melts and turns into what? Something dangerous? Prove it.


57 posted on 04/07/2014 6:39:04 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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