Comment Re: "Couldn't be sure" (Score 1) 120
And this applies to closed sores as well.
It's a lot easier to find the bug when you have the source code.
And this applies to closed sores as well.
It's a lot easier to find the bug when you have the source code.
It's not a specific case, it's an example of how and where GMO can become a major problem
An example is a specific case. Peanut allergies are caused by a couple of very specific seed storage proteins. Even if there was genetic material transferred from peanuts to tomatoes, people would not be transferring the genes for those specific proteins. In fact, it is conceivable that GMO techniques could be used to make a peanut that didn't cause allergies.
If they put peanut DNA into a tomato then people will die from eating tomatoes, not knowing it's actually part peanut
Sure, if the tomato is changed so that it becomes an allergen, there should be a warning about possible reactions. But that's a very specific case.
You might oppose the patenting of organisms, or the threat GMOs pose to biodiversity, or simply the companies that are involved.
I also might oppose a thousand other things that are not on the label. Also, non-GM organisms could be patented too, or threaten biodiversity, and the companies that you don't like may also produce non-GM crops that you'd want to avoid. This isn't something that the law needs to get involved with. If there's a sufficient demand for non-GMO products, or products that are ecologically sound, manufacturers can put their own label on the product. Some of these already exist. You can buy only foods from certain brand you trust and like, or buy in an organic store.
So, you're saying that there are no benefits to GMO foods? Nothing good Monsanto can say about them that might people want to buy and consume them? Good to know,
These are two different things. Even if there are benefits, then providing additional information can make people scared. Imagine if your local supermarket puts big blue stickers on their chicken products saying that "THESE CHICKENS HAVE BEEN FED DIHYDROGENMONOXIDE". Do you imagine that sales could drop, even though this information is correct and harmless ?
Would you support the vaccination of people without their knowledge or consent?
That's not the point. I'm just using the example to show people are easily misguided even if plenty of good information is available to them. The idea that extra information about GMO would lead to more people making rational choices is most likely wrong. More publicity could easily have the opposite effect.
As someone who used paper maps and compasses daily in the wilderness for more than a decade, I can assure you they most definitely tell you where you are
I assume you've never been in the middle of the ocean with a paper map and a compass ?
Where did you get the ridiculous notion that consumer decisions have to be based on the "latest scientific insights"? Do you believe someone who chooses a blue shirt over a red shirt must only do so if there is scientific evidence that supports blue being superior to red?
You're very confused. Obviously, red/blue is just a personal preference, whereas GMO/non-GMO is based on health-related fears. If you want to argue that GMO is purely a personal choice, without any relationship to health or safety, then voluntary labels work just fine.
Manufacturers are already required to display all sorts of things they would rather not, including caloric content, nutritional value if any, and actual ingredients used to assemble the product
And as soon as you can show that GMO food affects consumer health, like the caloric content does, then we should have a warning for GMO as well.
Food also has labeling for amounts of fiber. is that to stigmatize fiber?
Fiber content has been scientifically proven to affect health.
Don't be a dope. If GMO's have the benefits you say they do, then labeling will help sell them.
Vaccines have huge benefits, and despite giving people much more information, fewer people want them.
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