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Think GMOs don't matter?

10/29/2012

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Think again.  There is so much debate and controversy about genetic engineering and it has been going on for far longer than most would think.  I really think it began innocently enough, but since the mid 1990s this field has saturated our food supplies, and it has never been "big" news, if they could help it.  I think problems really began as and became more in the headlines when they took genetic engineering from the "drawing board" and "test cages" to indiscriminately going "live" and using us, the general public, as their "test subjects", and now we are "living and dying" from it.  Their attitudes of big money, power, and greed have coerced other industries i.e. big pharma and insurance companies to be their "bedfellows" in the underbelly of our very lives.

Early history of GMOs
http://organic.lovetoknow.com/History_of_GMOs

Monsanto (and others like them) don't even try to "dumb us down" when it comes to our food supply and GMOs ... they just try to keep themselves out of the mainstream media (they all have their price), flying under the radar, continuing to be a harm to crops and animals.  It not only affects the field crops, but also animals they are using for "testing"; also a harm to the animals they "fatten up" ... for fast profit and, ultimately, doing harm to the entire food industry ... worldwide ... and all of us who are, often unknowingly, ingesting GMO foods.

National Geographic published the following:
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/food-how-altered.html

6 Reasons to Avoid GMOs
http://gmo-journal.com/2010/09/27/6-reasons-to-avoid-gmos/

GMO Free Idaho
http://www.gmofreeidaho.com/

More possible health risk information:
http://www.responsibletechnology.org/gmo-education
3 Comments
villefort
2/13/2013 15:54:14

humans have engaged in genetic engineering for thousands of years -- do you think aurochs spontaneously became cows? you alarmist, ignorant, scientific and historical illiterate.

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pearly
2/13/2013 23:50:01

Ouch! That's pretty harsh, man! Admittedly, I am not a scientist, nor a historical genius. I don't feel I'm an alarmist and I wouldn't call myself ignorant, or an illiterate.

We all have our strengths and weaknesses. We all work with what education we have ... and, hey, how about instead of calling me names, help me understand your point of view, and why? Or, better yet, give me links to substantiate your condemnation of the issue at hand.

Admittedly, I had to look up "aurochs" and learned something new today (thank you) about this wild cattle - though my concern is food supply, not evolution of the great auroch beast. The article I read indicates they want to "recreate" the auroch. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1961918,00.html

I enjoy feedback and learning from one another, however, I don't appreciate name calling. Opinions are like a**holes; we all have one. And that comment is not meant as "name calling". I just feel you could have approached me in a kinder and gentler manner.

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Pearly
2/14/2013 00:19:09

And, yes, I am aware that cows = beef and milk ... neither of which I consume much of ...

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