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Re:Monsanto ordered to pay $289M damages in Roundup cancer t... by ScottBurson on Saturday August 11, 2018 @12:39PM (#17740364)
I can't speak to what was in the jurors' minds, but in my opinion that's backwards: it is concern about glyphosate that is primarily driving fear of GMOs. If we got rid of glyphosate, I for one would not have any problem with the other GMOs I am currently aware of, though I would of course reserve the option of objecting to specific GMOs I might learn about in the future.
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Re:Monsanto ordered to pay $289M damages in Roundup cancer t... by shawnz on Saturday August 11, 2018 @11:32PM (#17742748)
> it is concern about glyphosate that is primarily driving fear of GMOs.

In my experience the two most common anti-GMO arguments that I hear are: A) that GMOs can be patented, which creates IP problems when they spread, and B) that somehow human-designed species might be less safe than natural ones due to unintended health consequences of the modifications (not really sure the rationale for that one.)

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Re:Monsanto ordered to pay $289M damages in Roundup cancer t... by saalweachter on Sunday August 12, 2018 @10:30AM (#17744493)
How do you feel about bt crops?
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Re:Monsanto ordered to pay $289M damages in Roundup cancer t... by DmenshunlAnlsis on Saturday August 11, 2018 @01:47PM (#17740703)
It’s important to point out that this case is about Roundup as a whole product, of which less than half is glyphosate, not just glyphosate. Some other posts here go over this in more detail.
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