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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by weberc2 on Monday November 07, 2016 @02:06PM (#12893877)
You talk like the "GMO industry" unilaterally makes decisions. They put out studies, these studies can be (and are) critiqued by public scientists. Further, no "industry" is charged with regulating the quality and safety of our food--that's the job of the FDA. The science camp is at least making evidence-based decisions, whereas the "granola" folks are dismissing everything for fear of hypothetical methodological errors (all the while ignoring that the organic food industry is still an industry complete with its own incentives). As far as I'm concerned, this debate is a mirror of the vaccination debate or the climate debate with (perhaps) lower stakes.
Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by curun1r on Monday November 07, 2016 @09:21PM (#12897091)
> this debate is a mirror of the vaccination debate

The two seem to be polar opposites to me. In the case of vaccines, you have thousands of years of history that demonstrates the danger of diseases and recent history showing how effective vaccines are. Those arguing against vaccines need to show serious harm caused before it would cancel out the benefits.

In the case of GMO foods, history argues against the technology. We know that non-GMO food is healthy. We have thousands of years of evidence to support that fact. The problems GMO are solving are on the producer's side, not the consumer's.

You can argue that the problem being solved is providing enough food to feed everyone and that history also shows the devastating effects of famine and starvation, but there are other ways to solve that problem that have none of the risks of GMO foods (less reliance on meats, for example, would make much more efficient use of our agricultural resources). Show me an alternative way of dealing with measles, flu, tetanus, hep and all the other illnesses we vaccinate that's even half as effective as vaccines and I'll concede that the two debates are similar.

Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by hexane360 on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @02:19AM (#12898324)
In the case of GMOs, history absolutely argues for the technology.

If you don't believe in the safety of "unnatural" foods, you'll need to stop eating corn, bananas, beef, pork, and any other domesticated plant or animal. Recent history has shown that GMOs are much more precise and effective at domesticating plants for our purposes.

Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by dasil003 on Monday November 07, 2016 @03:00PM (#12894456)
Why are you quoting "GMO industry" when that's not even a phrase I used?
Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by weberc2 on Monday November 07, 2016 @06:40PM (#12896320)
I put it in quotes because I'm not sure if this is a recognized term or if I just coined it. I didn't intend to misrepresent you, but I can see how it could be read as such. Apologies.