Big Island *takes first step* in banning GMO's

[peteadams]

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Originally posted by Greg

I feel qualified to make such comparisons. I was involved in Agent Orange spray operations in the past and feel strongly about Corporations that tout products as "Safe", without realizing the long term effects.

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I know you and many others feel strongly about GMOs. However, I think it's safe for me to say that those of us who take the evidence and science based view of GMO safety really don't care what Monsanto and other corporations claim and tout. It's all about a much larger body of work that has been developing around GMOs for about 20 years now, recently summarized in a paper that's been linked here earlier, but here it is again:

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/201...afety.html

There really is no credible evidence that GMO technology has harmful effects in our food supply. Getting the GMO concept mixed up with other issues of corporate behavior, agricultural chemical practices, personal gardening preferences, etc. obscures this basic fact.