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Sign of things to come in Hawai'i County? Anti-GMO legislation likely to destroy farms in Jackson County.
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index...ew_la.html
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The county's new ban on most GMO crops, approved 2-to-1 despite nearly $1 million spent by opponents, has deepened a cultural chasm in the greater Rogue Valley, exposing fundamental divisions about where Oregon agriculture should head.
And the Washington Post affirms GMO food safety, rejects mandatory GMO labeling and supports a GMO role in combating world hunger.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/g...story.html
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There is no mainstream scientific evidence showing that foods containing GMOs are any more or less harmful for people to consume than anything else in the supermarket, despite decades of development and use. If that doesn’t convince some people, they have the option of simply buying food bearing the “organic” label. There is no need for the government to stigmatize products with a label that suggests the potential for harm. Outright bans, meanwhile, are even worse than gratuitous labeling.
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As with any field, there’s room for reasonable caution and study using real science. But there is nothing reasonable about anti-GMO fundamentalism.
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Anti-GMO legislation likely to destroy farms in Jackson County.
Anti-GMO legislation
already destroying research projects in Hawaii County -- less impact for farming, becuse the one major export crop (papaya) was exempt.
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...scientists
("Uncertainty" is a polite way of saying "will have to move our projects elsewhere".)
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Russia completely banning GMOs
http://www.zengardner.com/official-russi...bans-gmos/
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“It is necessary to ban GMOs, to impose moratorium (on) it for 10 years. While GMOs will be prohibited, we can plan experiments, tests, or maybe even new methods of research could be developed. It has been proven that not only in Russia, but also in many other countries in the world, GMOs are dangerous. Methods of obtaining the GMOs are not perfect, therefore, at this stage, all GMOs are dangerous. Consumption and use of GMOs obtained in such way can lead to tumors, cancers and obesity among animals. Bio-technologies certainly should be developed, but GMOs should be stopped. We should stop it from spreading. ” – Irina Ermakova, VP of Russia’s National Association for Genetic Safety.
Much of the developed world is enacting regulations on GMO'S
Is America that much smarter than so many other countries ?
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Overwhelming Majority of Americans Say: 'Just Label It!'
New Consumers Report poll finds that 92 percent of respondents want the government to require labeling of genetically engineered foods.
Read rest at:
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/06/09-7
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I think there is a difference between "anti-GMO fundamentalism" and a genuine concern about a new technology that could have an impact on our lives. Reasonable people may ask, "has it been tested enough? Is the fox watching the henhouse?" And conclude that labeling GMO products is not an unreasonable request. I also think that the hue and cry from GMO opponents is magnified by the feeling that their concerns are being ignored. Terms like "Frankenfood" are catchy and yes, polarizing, but it feels like no one on the Monsanto side of the fence is willing to engage in a reasonable dialogue that takes into account the legitimate concerns of more moderate citizens, so we are all left to choose a side, since no one in this country actually talks to each other anymore. We all just yell and insult and hashtag and try to silence the other guy. Happy 4th everybody!
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Major Study: Monsanto GMO Corn Can Cause Damage to Liver and Kidneys, and Severe Hormonal Disruption.
Key study has passed through three peer reviews.
link:
http://www.alternet.org/food/major-study...idneys-and
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I think this information needs to be immediately posted on a large placard on a certain truck parked on Kinoole Street.
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Here, I also bring one of the links up that was referenced in the article, and it is very pertinent as well since it is in agreement with posts I have replied in like "Cosmos", Where I have stated that science, reporting (any kind) isn't always free of the possibility of bending& hiding science to suit the needs economic or ideological at stake in the ongoing legal, regulatory and policy debates.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jan/...od-health/
Kelena , I couldn't agree more!
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The Seralini study shows that rats that are bred to get large tumors,get tumors.Nothing more.
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Nothing has changed. The original study was discredited and the re-publishing did not alter the article except for some analysis at the end. The journal Nature looked at the re-publishing and wrote:
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ESEU [Environmental Sciences Europe, the re-publisher] conducted no scientific peer review, he adds, “because this had already been conducted by Food and Chemical Toxicology, and had concluded there had been no fraud nor misrepresentation.” The role of the three reviewers hired by ESEU was to check that there had been no change in the scientific content of the paper, Hollert adds.
The publication of the new version of the paper gives critics no reason to change their mind, says food-allergy researcher Richard Goodman of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and biotechnology editor at FCT. "To my knowledge, no-one has demonstrated that a two-year feeding study of Sprague Dawley rats has uncovered any hazard that actually poses a risk to human or farm-animal health," he says, referring to the breed of rodents used in the study.
http://www.nature.com/news/paper-claimin...ed-1.15463
