05-27-2014, 05:48 AM
GMO papaya requires 5 times the fungicide of previous papaya crops, as it is very susceptible to fungus. "Golden rice" is so often offered as the shining example of GMO's doing some good. Trouble is, it's still fictional. Never been approved, tho it's been heralded as GMO PR for over a decade.
Several commenters like to use the word "science" as if they own it, when they refer to corporate technology. Science seeks to learn the truth thru clear-eyed impartial experiments, and uses the precautionary principle to protect life even during experiments. Corporate technology, such as GMOs, can be reckless and use company-sponsored psuedo-science to justify profits above safety. Need examples? See tobacco, pharmeceuticals, or Monsanto's considerable contributions to the list: DDT, rBGH, PCBs, Agent Orange, glyphosate ( Roundup) and now GMOs. All used corporate PR to hide the cancer causing nature of the highly profitable products, hide the science as long as possible, then moved on to the next poisonous profit maker.
And you chemical company apologists trust these guys and call them 'science?'
Several commenters like to use the word "science" as if they own it, when they refer to corporate technology. Science seeks to learn the truth thru clear-eyed impartial experiments, and uses the precautionary principle to protect life even during experiments. Corporate technology, such as GMOs, can be reckless and use company-sponsored psuedo-science to justify profits above safety. Need examples? See tobacco, pharmeceuticals, or Monsanto's considerable contributions to the list: DDT, rBGH, PCBs, Agent Orange, glyphosate ( Roundup) and now GMOs. All used corporate PR to hide the cancer causing nature of the highly profitable products, hide the science as long as possible, then moved on to the next poisonous profit maker.
And you chemical company apologists trust these guys and call them 'science?'