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Now it's just a matter of convincing the people We pay to orpupilofnature57 Mar 2015 #1
Monsanto pays those same people MORE. We can't compete with the money in politics. Which is why sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #96
Checks & Balances police human nature, or Greed . orpupilofnature57 Mar 2015 #125
Pesticide and herbicide resistance isn't the only form of GMO evirus Mar 2015 #2
That's not the only problem with GMOs Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #4
You can't prove a product is safe. You can only prove a product is harmful. jeff47 Mar 2015 #89
Lack of research funding is due to funding agencies not finding a good reason to spend their money. Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #115
Everytime I mention "golden" rice to my mother Generic Other Mar 2015 #140
Nonsense round up ready crops are huge in America, and we were lied into accepting them. bettyellen Mar 2015 #5
That's a bullshit comment and nearly irrelevant to the conversation. Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #116
"We" are consumers, who had no choice but to have them snuck in our foods. bettyellen Mar 2015 #134
What lies were you told that led you to accept GMOs? Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #138
We consumers had them snuck into all our corn and soy without being told bettyellen Mar 2015 #147
+ 1000 !!! orpupilofnature57 Mar 2015 #148
How about people such as yourself let the rest of us... 99Forever Mar 2015 #20
"Maybe you can wash it down with nice tall glass of that "harmless" Roundup while you are at it." NuclearDem Mar 2015 #28
That's what your shills are selling. 99Forever Mar 2015 #29
Wake up. HuckleB Mar 2015 #38
while your what is at it? there is a difference between your and you're (you are). niyad Mar 2015 #41
Yup. There is. HuckleB Mar 2015 #42
couldn't even get to the content with that glaring error. niyad Mar 2015 #45
Derp. HuckleB Mar 2015 #47
LOL! Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #117
Roundup does not claim to be harmless Motown_Johnny Mar 2015 #131
And I've never claimed Roundup was harmless. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #132
There's one problem with labeling... evirus Mar 2015 #33
And include mutation bred products, too! HuckleB Mar 2015 #39
Nonsense. 99Forever Mar 2015 #44
So useful information is not your goal. HuckleB Mar 2015 #46
You want to label them all with the same label. jeff47 Mar 2015 #87
Anyone who knows about golden rice knows that the research is being done by a non-profit eridani Mar 2015 #77
They will not sell "yellow" rice to Asians Generic Other Mar 2015 #141
Can't find any info about whether is is being widely used or not. A more important concern IMO-- eridani Mar 2015 #144
Since when do we sell food as if it were a drug anyway? Generic Other Mar 2015 #146
Just tell us what is a GMO vegetable and what is not. We can do the rest. We are adults and it is sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #99
You can't even give a science-based reason for labeling GMOs. HuckleB Mar 2015 #100
You can't explain why the American people should be denied the right that all of Europe's citizens sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #103
Ah, the US should go with every political whim of Europe. HuckleB Mar 2015 #118
Yes!!! Then everyone could have health care! roody Mar 2015 #128
That would be an improvement, but that's one matter among many. HuckleB Mar 2015 #135
Monsanto's shills will join this thread in 3... 2.... 1.... Scuba Mar 2015 #3
Cute, Steve. Anyone who disagrees is a "Monsanto shill"? Excuse me, but... Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #10
this^^^ mopinko Mar 2015 #23
Hey Buzz.......... diverdownjt Mar 2015 #30
LOL! Think about what you just said: Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #55
Monsanto will sue you if you try that... druidity33 Mar 2015 #107
Monsanto suing a researchers for unauthorized research: You can prove that, right? Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #114
you could try here... druidity33 Mar 2015 #119
Your link seems to dispel your claim. Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #120
so glyphosate has nothing to do with GMOs? druidity33 Mar 2015 #127
So you can't support your claims. HuckleB Mar 2015 #137
You don't have to buy the seeds from Monsanto. jeff47 Mar 2015 #86
+1 FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #31
How about the way they operate in foriegn countries.... diverdownjt Mar 2015 #34
So in other words, you've got no evidence to show. FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #37
Predatory business practices are hardly an indication of the things you claim. n/t Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #56
see post 30 ND-Dem Mar 2015 #52
Post 30 is bullshit FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #60
where *did* they get their seeds, since you have to sign a contract to get proprietary seeds? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #63
So, you are now claiming a world wide conspiracy... FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #65
The editors of Scientific American. Clearly they know nothing, are conspiracy-mongers, and ND-Dem Mar 2015 #66
You are aware that this is from 5 years ago and Monsanto changed their blanket agreement since? FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #68
so the hell what? cosmetic change only. it's *you* who's not improving your reputation, ND-Dem Mar 2015 #71
How has my story changed? FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #72
"68. You are aware that...is from 5 years ago and Monsanto changed their blanket agreement since?" ND-Dem Mar 2015 #105
Hundreds of studies have been done and are being done. FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #126
You pretty much nailed it. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #16
recurring theme with 'some.' Disagree in a thread and you're a shill and 'swarming.' wyldwolf Mar 2015 #26
An exercise in cherry-picking, brought to you by the organic industry's most rabid lobbying group. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #6
+1 Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #9
++++++ mopinko Mar 2015 #24
exactly. wyldwolf Mar 2015 #27
Indeed. It's very sad to see so many at DU conned by such bad propaganda. HuckleB Mar 2015 #35
Your GMO funders will console you. roody Mar 2015 #129
Speaking of bad propaganda: We get the shill gambit! HuckleB Mar 2015 #136
hey uncleardem.....(deliberate misspell)... diverdownjt Mar 2015 #40
If I was defending Monsanto, that question would be relevant. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #58
K&R DeSwiss Mar 2015 #7
epic KG Mar 2015 #8
This should have its own thread. obxhead Mar 2015 #21
Ut oh... 99Forever Mar 2015 #22
Can we have a comment on ^this^ post from the eternal defenders of corporate sanctity Zorra Mar 2015 #54
Oh yeah...tell it Oilwellian Mar 2015 #97
K & R GoneFishin Mar 2015 #11
I believe this article mischaracterizes the WHO study. blackspade Mar 2015 #12
Telephone. Igel Mar 2015 #19
Not sure what all this has to do with my comment. blackspade Mar 2015 #50
It wasn't a "new" study Major Nikon Mar 2015 #61
Your point is what? blackspade Mar 2015 #106
I'm surprised I actually have to explain it to you Major Nikon Mar 2015 #108
That's like your opinion, man blackspade Mar 2015 #113
None of these appear to be effects of GMOs FarrenH Mar 2015 #149
Eyeroll.... blackspade Mar 2015 #150
This message was self-deleted by its author FarrenH Mar 2015 #151
True, FarrenH Mar 2015 #152
This article reveals more about the patent illogic and unscientific reasoning of many GMO opponents FarrenH Mar 2015 #13
Anyone with a basic understanding of science will agree with you. FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #15
Nonetheless, as a software engineer working on home security systems FarrenH Mar 2015 #17
1 and 2 are the same thing. obxhead Mar 2015 #25
I know that FarrenH Mar 2015 #79
Your number 2 seems a bit disingenuous. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #43
It's used extensively in urban environments as a weed killer FarrenH Mar 2015 #81
It is all in the application method. obxhead Mar 2015 #82
... ND-Dem Mar 2015 #57
. FarrenH Mar 2015 #83
GMO ingredients are so intertwined into our food supply, it is difficult to find foods without them. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #14
They've only been out there for 30 years Major Nikon Mar 2015 #64
Walking into this one. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 #70
... Major Nikon Mar 2015 #74
E coli is not spinach. thanks DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 #90
Brilliant! Major Nikon Mar 2015 #91
No, not brilliant. But not nearly as stupid as trying to equate e coli to the veg it's growing on. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 #92
Great news! Major Nikon Mar 2015 #93
And no again. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2015 #95
Organic food doesn't kill, just the e. coli from the shit used to fertilize it kills! Major Nikon Mar 2015 #98
Thanks for reminding me that I have to go and buy some more glyphosate Botany Mar 2015 #18
It's embarrassing to DU that every report pushing anti-GMO zealotry winds up on the Greatest page Orrex Mar 2015 #32
Meanwhile a thread about regulating dangerous homeopathic products is ignored. HuckleB Mar 2015 #36
You keep thinking that Huck... diverdownjt Mar 2015 #48
And the usual anti-GMO BS is offered as a response. HuckleB Mar 2015 #51
You need to specify type of cancer. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #59
+1 FarrenH Mar 2015 #130
Both camps are wrong about science being "on their side" whatchamacallit Mar 2015 #49
Basically, that's true. HuckleB Mar 2015 #53
In the case of GMO companies, they have veto power over research, thereby insuring there's ND-Dem Mar 2015 #69
So, you concede that there are no published, peer reviewed, scientific anti-GMO studies. FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #73
so, more bullshit & smoke from you. no surprise. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #75
LOL. And still no evidence from you. No surprise FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #76
Right; except Monsanto has a lock on who can do research & what type of research can be done, ND-Dem Mar 2015 #78
Yes, yes. We've got your point that there is no scientific evidence for the anti-GMO postion FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #80
Nonsense Major Nikon Mar 2015 #84
Pssst....You don't have to buy the seeds from Monsanto. jeff47 Mar 2015 #85
To publish the research, you have to get the seed from an approved source and sign an ND-Dem Mar 2015 #104
Nope FarrenH Mar 2015 #122
....from the horse's mouth. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #123
You're misreading the word "product" FarrenH Mar 2015 #124
Sure, just so long as you ignore all this... Major Nikon Mar 2015 #62
GMO is not one thing, bad or good. hunter Mar 2015 #67
Best post here today. Thanks! n/t pnwmom Mar 2015 #88
I dislike any argument that treats GMOs FarrenH Mar 2015 #94
isn't the point of Organic... druidity33 Mar 2015 #109
... FarrenH Mar 2015 #110
Many small farmers druidity33 Mar 2015 #111
I did a massive edit to my post above FarrenH Mar 2015 #112
Something I need to respond to is this FarrenH Mar 2015 #133
+1 FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #121
So your concern about "genes jumping species" is there for any seed development technology. HuckleB Mar 2015 #101
Now the city of San Diego has to sue Monsanto.. for fucking up their Bay with chemicals.. Cha Mar 2015 #102
They are feeding us a poison red herring Generic Other Mar 2015 #139
Derp. HuckleB Mar 2015 #142
Watch a GMO Advocate Claim a Weed Killer Is Safe to Drink but Then Refuse to Drink It Generic Other Mar 2015 #143
Derp the second. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #145
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