So what if GMO corn causes cancer

[tiki244]

http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/gehazards.cfm

This is just one of many many articles and studies done (infertility, organ damage, allergies.........)

These studies have been going on for years, even in the 20th century, it is not just one study. And not just one nation, or set of scientists.

 

[redhen]

Hmmm..but what can we do? Everything seems to be GMO seeds..even local farmers probably use it! :-/

 

[tiki244]

I suppose grow your own. California is trying to get a law passed that says companies have to label GMO products. I don't have much hope of it working but I guess someone is trying to change it. As goes California so goes the nation?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

As goes California so goes the nation?

Not with laws it dont...

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Quote: But all with one agenda, which is to promote "organic" as the best thing since sliced bread.

There is still no conclusive evidence GMO crops cause any real problems at all

 

[tiki244]

This is just one of many many articles and studies done (infertility, organ damage, allergies.........)


These studies have been going on for years, even in the 20th century, it is not just one study. And not just one nation, or set of scientists.

But all with one agenda, which is to promote "organic" as the best thing since sliced bread.

There is still no conclusive evidence GMO crops cause any real problems at all

Is this the agenda? How do you know this? We are the guinea pigs, have been for quite some time. . And might I ask what is the agenda of the corporations that have patents on these GMO genes and have developed these GMO genes/crops?

Might I also add that the same comment has been made about Global Warming. (no conclusive evidence) We are the petri dish.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Is this the agenda? How do you know this? We are the guinea pigs, have been for quite some time. . And might I ask what is the agenda of the corporations that have patents on these GMO genes and have developed these GMO genes/crops?
Is the injection of genetic material really a big problem?
I think not

 

[mom'sfolly]

The first GMO food in the American marketplace was 1994; hardly 35 years ago. It was a complete bust...no one liked the "flaver saver" tomato. Since then, everything has snuck in quietly, with no labeling, no way to know what is in your food.

I agree that they are using the American public as experimental animals in this case. 1994 to 2012 is a short time, not quite a generation. We probably won't know the effects of GMO foods for another thirty years. Science evolves, and many things get onto the marketplace that are later found to be unwholesome, dangerous or even lethal. Benzine, Thalidomide, BPA, organochloride pesticides, lead in paint, heroin, etc have all been used, thought to be healthy alternatives to what existed, and now are banned, or suspect.

I'm not ready to say that GMO is good or bad. I think the fact of the matter is there hasn't been enough research. I do know that pesticide and herbicide use is actually going up now due to GMO crops. The grace period is over, just as it is for antibiotics. Organisms develop resistance, and you are only left with those that can withstand the insult. I will continue to avoid most GMO food crops because I think the verdict is still out.

I still say that if it was completely wholesome, wonderful etc; growers would want their product labeled. Because they do not, it certainly begs the question of why.

 

[cassie]

It may interest you to know the GMO can and does occur naturally. All of us carry a lot of junk DNA in our genome that was introduced into it over the millenia by viruses and bacteria.

 

[punk-a-doodle]

The motivation behind GMO means that I don't personally support it, healthy or not. Label it and let consumers decide. I'm not really into corporate control of food on a global scale, so my decision is...no thanks.