01-17-2014, 07:09 AM
Thank you for taking the time to respond geochem, I appreciate it.
If an airplane manufacturer screws up, 300 people die. A tragedy, no doubt. If a GMO is released that turns out to have toxicity or allergenicity we were aware of, the potential ramifications are enormous. I would agree that there have likely not been any deaths due to GMO. But let's take a look at Irritable Bowel Syndrome, an issue science does not yet understand the cause for (there are likely various causes). What if millions of americans are having intestinal allergic reactions to BT Toxin from GMO food? Crazy you say? Remember the study I posted showcasing BT toxin can induce IGG and IGE antibodies? Well, now give this study a read: http://gut.bmj.com/content/53/10/1391.1.abstract
The research required to approve GMO for the populace is like the airplane manufacturer building a scale model of their airplane, showing that it flies just fine (and hey, other airplane designs were fine so this one should be too) and getting rubber stamped to start rolling them out for passengers.
And you want to talk about conflict of interest? How about the political interference at the EPA? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...03074.html
If an airplane manufacturer screws up, 300 people die. A tragedy, no doubt. If a GMO is released that turns out to have toxicity or allergenicity we were aware of, the potential ramifications are enormous. I would agree that there have likely not been any deaths due to GMO. But let's take a look at Irritable Bowel Syndrome, an issue science does not yet understand the cause for (there are likely various causes). What if millions of americans are having intestinal allergic reactions to BT Toxin from GMO food? Crazy you say? Remember the study I posted showcasing BT toxin can induce IGG and IGE antibodies? Well, now give this study a read: http://gut.bmj.com/content/53/10/1391.1.abstract
The research required to approve GMO for the populace is like the airplane manufacturer building a scale model of their airplane, showing that it flies just fine (and hey, other airplane designs were fine so this one should be too) and getting rubber stamped to start rolling them out for passengers.
And you want to talk about conflict of interest? How about the political interference at the EPA? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...03074.html
quote:I can't trust expertise when that expertise hasn't done enough research, their ENORMOUS paychecks are at stake, and the people supposed to be regulating them are interfered with by special interests. I've been involved with the business side of multiple clinical trials and I've seen the games that go on. I assure you that the health of the people is one of the last things on their mind.
More than half the Environmental Protection Agency scientists who responded to an independent survey made public yesterday said that they had witnessed political interference in scientific decisions at the agency during the past five years.
The claim comes from a new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit advocacy group that sent questionnaires to 5,500 EPA scientists and obtained 1,586 responses. Among the scientists' complaints were that data sometimes were used selectively to justify a specific regulatory outcome and that political appointees had directed them to inappropriately exclude or alter technical information in EPA scientific documents.
"Things are not as they should be at the EPA," said Francesca Grifo, director of the group's scientific integrity program. "Scientific findings are being suppressed and distorted; 889 scientists personally experienced at least one type of political interference. Scientists are being pressured by outside interests."