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Author:  DannyB [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

What exactly is Daniels whining about? I believe that almost all of the corn & soybeans grown in the US are already GMO (and have been for awhile), which means that almost all of the food consumed in the US already contains GMO ingredients to some extent. And who is preventing Africans from eating GMO food? He sounds like a drunken moron.

Author:  FavreFan [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
I'm not sure that science saw this coming.

https://www.livescience.com/20532-birth ... ution.html

https://www.globalresearch.ca/death-and ... es/5375684

Bee populations rose in the US last year though.
Good random links.

Yup

Author:  Drunk Squirrel [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Terry's Peeps wrote:
Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
The organic food industry have billions more on revenue per year than Monsanto. If GMO's are truly unsafe, then surely they can fund an experiment... oh wait, they already know that no experiment can or will prove their hypothesis.


I think MANY of the issues people have come from, as others said earlier in the thread, having no idea of the long-term effects from eating GMO food.

And that is not something that can be known (by BOTH SIDES) for MANY years.

I'm with Reader, JORR, and Crest in that I'm not inherently against GMOs and they are definitely helping feed a starving world. But I do not trust anyone who at this point says there are no long term negative effects.

I don't think that's fair. I mean, it's still theoretically possible that the Earth doesn't rotate around the Sun. That doesn't mean that we should think there is a plausible reason to believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth or even that it's enough of a concern to worry about in a non-scientific discovery manner. Now, that's admittedly an extreme example but it's 100% true.

If we stopped all progress based on the non quantifiable chance that "Well, maybe we are wrong" then we'd slow progress to a virtual halt. That's why you go by the current best knowledge we have and continue to study it to get even more confident that we are on the right path.

As I said before, the main complaint about GMO's seems to be the seeds with pesticides built in. Now, that does sound scary, but it's just as scary what we spray onto the food we eat(including many organics). I think if anything we'll look back on pesticides as the issue much more than the idea of GMO's and a currently completely unknown negative health effect down the line.


It is fair though. We don't know what the long term effects will be. What happens when all the corn on earth has pesticides built in and the pests have built up a tolerance to Bt? I don't think it would take much for man to create his own famine. What if we kill all the bees?


Do some searches, there are incidences of pests becoming resistant to bt corn. And round up resistant weeds are becoming a significant problem. The new wonder herbicide resistant soybeans with dicamba apear to be having drift problems and at least one study has water hemp and other amaranths developing resistant strains within 2-3 generations. The gmo to increase water efficiency and nutrient content to me have always seemed a fantastic idea to me. The ones with weed and pest control are going to struggle with certain weeds and pests for a number of reasons.

Author:  Seacrest [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Are you a farmer Squirrel?

Author:  Drunk Squirrel [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Yes.

Author:  Seacrest [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Yes.


Do you grow GMO stuff then?

Author:  City of Fools [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

DannyB wrote:
What exactly is Daniels whining about? I believe that almost all of the corn & soybeans grown in the US are already GMO (and have been for awhile), which means that almost all of the food consumed in the US already contains GMO ingredients to some extent. And who is preventing Africans from eating GMO food? He sounds like a drunken moron.

shhhh. Don't tell anybody.

there are people who would gladly take those modified crops away from places like Africa in the name of "oversight".

Author:  Drunk Squirrel [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Seacrest wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Yes.


Do you grow GMO stuff then?


Family does but I do not anymore. Export market was better for human grade non gmo corn and the variety preferred my soil type.

Author:  DannyB [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Yes.


Do you grow GMO stuff then?


Family does but I do not anymore. Export market was better for human grade non gmo corn and the variety preferred my soil type.


Well then. You're immoral. And so is your soil. Happy New Year.

Author:  Seacrest [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Yes.


Do you grow GMO stuff then?


Family does but I do not anymore. Export market was better for human grade non gmo corn and the variety preferred my soil type.


Farming is so different then when my Grandpa did it.

Good for you for sticking with it. My wife's family has 500 acres no one will take for free.

Author:  FavreFan [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

DannyB wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Yes.


Do you grow GMO stuff then?


Family does but I do not anymore. Export market was better for human grade non gmo corn and the variety preferred my soil type.


Well then. You're immoral. And so is your soil. Happy New Year.

You must’ve really struggled with this thread if that’s your takeaway.

Author:  Ogie Oglethorpe [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
I'm not sure that science saw this coming.

https://www.livescience.com/20532-birth ... ution.html

https://www.globalresearch.ca/death-and ... es/5375684

Bee populations rose in the US last year though.
Good random links.

Great random links by Seacrest today!

Author:  Seacrest [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
I'm not sure that science saw this coming.

https://www.livescience.com/20532-birth ... ution.html

https://www.globalresearch.ca/death-and ... es/5375684

Bee populations rose in the US last year though.
Good random links.

Great random links by Seacrest today!


Great thread today.

Author:  FavreFan [ Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

https://www.sciencealert.com/after-two- ... od-for-you

Great news!

Author:  City of Fools [ Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Seacrest wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
Yes.


Do you grow GMO stuff then?


Family does but I do not anymore. Export market was better for human grade non gmo corn and the variety preferred my soil type.


Farming is so different then when my Grandpa did it.

Good for you for sticking with it. My wife's family has 500 acres no one will take for free.

in Arkansas.

Author:  tommy [ Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

FavreFan wrote:
https://www.sciencealert.com/after-two-decades-and-6-000-studies-scientists-find-gmos-in-corn-are-actually-good-for-you

Great news!


"While there will likely still be questions raised as GMOs are incorporated into agriculture, this analysis puts some severe concerns to rest."

That's great news for people. It still might be devastating for other species, who we need to look out for.

Author:  Brick [ Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:31 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote:
https://www.sciencealert.com/after-two-decades-and-6-000-studies-scientists-find-gmos-in-corn-are-actually-good-for-you

Great news!

:alien:

Maybe we need mandatory GMO labels so we can easily find superior products.

Author:  tommy [ Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
https://www.sciencealert.com/after-two-decades-and-6-000-studies-scientists-find-gmos-in-corn-are-actually-good-for-you

Great news!

:alien:

Maybe we need mandatory GMO labels so we can easily find superior products.

I might be missing irony here (which happens quite a bit)--but some products have them, right? At least the NON-GMO labels?

Author:  Caller Bob [ Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

FavreFan wrote:
https://www.sciencealert.com/after-two-decades-and-6-000-studies-scientists-find-gmos-in-corn-are-actually-good-for-you

Great news!


Great article.... funded by Monstano

Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Feb 23, 2018 6:14 pm ]
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Caller Bob wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
https://www.sciencealert.com/after-two-decades-and-6-000-studies-scientists-find-gmos-in-corn-are-actually-good-for-you

Great news!


Great article.... funded by Monsanto


That didn't take long :lol:

Author:  FavreFan [ Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

Regular Reader wrote:
Caller Bob wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
https://www.sciencealert.com/after-two-decades-and-6-000-studies-scientists-find-gmos-in-corn-are-actually-good-for-you

Great news!


Great article.... funded by Monsanto


That didn't take long :lol:

RR falling for fake news. SAD!

Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

FavreFan wrote:
Regular Reader wrote:
Caller Bob wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
https://www.sciencealert.com/after-two-decades-and-6-000-studies-scientists-find-gmos-in-corn-are-actually-good-for-you

Great news!


Great article.... funded by Monsanto


That didn't take long :lol:

RR falling for fake news. SAD!

I'm old.

I.e. not interested in fact checking on a Friday evening :lol:

Author:  hnd [ Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GMO Opponents

i get round up ready corn for our garden as we know a guy. its so amazing.

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