Re:Inside Monsanto, America's Third-Most-Hated Company
by collyw on Thursday July 03, 2014 @05:04PM
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The Daily Mail constantly referring to them as "frankenstein-foods" did a good job in Britain. Even credible newspapers like the Independent had a "GM Watch" section pointing to as many negative studies as possible.
Re:Inside Monsanto, America's Third-Most-Hated Company
by gdewilde on Thursday July 03, 2014 @05:14PM
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"I've never seen or heard a credible source claim they were harmful to human health."
Which says a lot about the media you read.
Re:Inside Monsanto, America's Third-Most-Hated Company
by sampo on Thursday July 03, 2014 @06:11PM
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> "I've never seen or heard a credible source claim they were harmful to human health."
> Which says a lot about the media you read.
Apparently he only reads scientifically valid media, and not tinfoilhat publications.
(But unfortunately it is true, at least here in Europe, that even respectable media easily echoes totally unscientific falce claims about GMOs occasionally.)
Re:Inside Monsanto, America's Third-Most-Hated Company
by jobu on Thursday July 03, 2014 @06:00PM
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"Which says a lot about the media you read."
Would you care to elaborate?
As a side note, I've always been a bit of a technophile, so eating genetically modified food seems really cool, and I can't wait until they perfect lab-grown meat.