Kim slaps down GMO ban

[robguz]

Am I missing something or is GMO taro supposed to cure AIDS? The idea that human malnutrition is due to anything but politics and distribution of resources is simply incorrect. GMO crops, even if free won't stop starvation. From what I understand this is a very timid bill which bans GMOs for two important crops. I'd like to see it strengthened to ban all GMO crops with the exception of grandfathering in existing ones like papaya. GMO advocates never seem to address the problem of cross contamination, which has actually resulted in companies going after farmers who without even knowing end up growing GMO crops they didn't even want to. There is simply no way to prevent this and the companies pushing GMO know this and are literally banking on the fact that it happens. It's ultimately about getting corporate control over all crops and patenting them so they can hold the world hostage and charge whatever they want and sue into bankruptcy those unintentionally violating their patents. Most of the rest of the developed world is onto this and they're saying no to GMO.