10-25-2013, 08:33 AM
The only "factual info" in this discussion is that the anti-GMO position does not have a scientific leg to stand on. Period. There is no credible evidence that consuming GMO foods has harmful effects. This position is supported by hundreds of scientific studies and regulatory oversight, a large body of evidence-based work that does not exist on the anti-GMO side.
The constant conflation of Monsanto, pesticides, herbicides, organic gardening preferences, and on and on, with genetic engineering has nothing to do with whether GMO food is safe.
And it seems that this constant conflation and associated fear-mongering has led to nothing other than confusion in the minds of the county council. That this confusion on their part, through their legislation, will likely lead to actual harm to agriculture on the Big Island seems to matter not at all to them.
The constant conflation of Monsanto, pesticides, herbicides, organic gardening preferences, and on and on, with genetic engineering has nothing to do with whether GMO food is safe.
And it seems that this constant conflation and associated fear-mongering has led to nothing other than confusion in the minds of the county council. That this confusion on their part, through their legislation, will likely lead to actual harm to agriculture on the Big Island seems to matter not at all to them.