Why People Oppose GMOs Even Though Science Says they're Safe

Same reason they believe climate change is the end of world: lack of education.

 

Because even liberals can ignore what science says. I think anyone who opposes GMOs needs to go back and take freshman level chemistry and biology courses.

 

Whether you oppose it or not . . . why should it not be labeled?


Rocket River

 

Labelled in what sense?

If you use meat that is is not genetically modified, but is raised on genetically modified stock, is it a GMO? If you genetically modify through cross breading, should it be labelled? How do we test for this? Who covers the cost of regulation? In the end, what does labeling it accomplish?

A lot of GMFaux people believe companies like Monsanto will get weaker by GMO regulation, in fact this form of regulation will bolster companies like Monsanto because the smaller guys can't afford to keep up. The people who say "what is the harm is labeling" or "better safe than sorry" are making the same arguments the conservatives made about the Patriot Act. It raises costs for consumers, it doesn't address the key issues, and it creates fear where knowledge should be.

 

Label >< Fear

Rocket River

 

I don't think labeling what the hell you're selling is an undue burden. Consumers should have a right to know.

 

from what I understand, Europe requires labeling of GMO foods and has done so for over a decade.

Why shouldn't US consumers have the same info available?

 

GMOs are an enabler of industrialization and mass production but it's not exactly the root cause for species destruction.

 

There is nothing wrong with GMO label. But then, when everything is GMO, organic isn't enough of a label?

 

Found Will's article. Lengthy, but food for thought (yep):

Unhealthy Fixation

The war against genetically modified organisms is full of fearmongering, errors, and fraud.
Labeling them will not make you safer.

 

Jesus, straw man much? No sane individual is stating climate change is the end of the word. Climate change unchecked will result in resource wars, mass migrations and high costs because of large scale property damage.

 

GMO's are safe today. There have cases where a transgenic organism was created that was harmful to humans (allergenic) but they were caught in time and not produced.

But there is a risk - however small that a transgenic orgasm is created that has harmful effects on humans and escapes testing because testing of GMO's is not global and some countries don't do that.

And that is a risk because often times these crops do spread beyond their boundaries. In that line there is a risk of environment impact as well.

The bottom line isn't whether or not we should use GMO's - it's what sort of regulations do we need to enforce in order to prevent something disastrous from happening even if it is a remotely small chance.

 

Because it costs money. And it scares ignorant people.

Label non gmo products if you wish

 

Please expound on why you made this part of your point. Please.

 

Also label all products not made here as "foreign" or "possibly cost and American their job.

Same thing and people have a right to know

 

Made from x country is already std label on food products last time I checked.

 

Not all food products and products.

I think everything should be labeled. Even paper and apps

 

I thought it was just anti-institutional resentment for technical and commercial bureaucracy and its displacement of farmers or "nature", the same way anti-vaxxers are largely stay at home moms who resent doctors telling them what's best for their kid.

 

That's right. Not all. In my experience with the food market, locally made food do not have to put down the made in USA. I think the freshness of it is convincing enough. But everything that is of any mass production is labeled.

Consumer paper are also labeled.

App in physical box are also labeled.

Downloadable App are also labeled in digital way (signed or not signed, by who) and if you care to know about the author, it's all there.

Like I said, nothing wrong with labeling GMO. Just consumer information.

 

The same people who say GMOs are bad also oppose global warming, say CFCs don't deplete the ozone layer, and think electric cars attract lightening.