At least Voters got one thing right- NO to GMO labeling.

[The True Adonis]

Looks like its not going to pass in Colorado and Oregon.
Finally Science and Evidence prevails!

[Andy Griffin]

Looks like its not going to pass in Colorado and Oregon.
Finally Science and Evidence prevails!

How is life treating you, old man?

[Archer77]

The whole GMO panic is silly and shows how easily people can be swept up into a group think.

[Marty Champions]

They need 2 label beer ingredients too .  Yeast has the ability to alter our dna so do all foods we already double dipped

[Thong Maniac]

Yeah cuz I reAlly want to ingest a plant genetically modified which causes bugs that eat it for their stomaches to explode. FDA is always legit. How about just letting humans eat 100 percent natural plants? Is that so hard? Hey, they even say BPA is safe, so it must be right?

[Archer77]

Yeah cuz I reAlly want to ingest a plant genetically modified which causes bugs that eat it for their stomaches to explode. FDA is always legit. How about just letting humans eat 100 percent natural plants? Is that so hard? Hey, they even say BPA is safe, so it must be right?

There is no such thing as a 100% natural plant.   

[Hulkotron]

Looks like its not going to pass in Colorado and Oregon.
Finally Science and Evidence prevails!

x2 great news

[El Diablo Blanco]

Looks like its not going to pass in Colorado and Oregon.
Finally Science and Evidence prevails!

Strange that the two states that voted to legalize marijuana voted this down.  Don't they want GMO free weed to smoke?

[Archer77]

Strange that the two states that voted to legalize marijuana voted this down.  Don't they want GMO free weed to smoke?

Yeah! I never thought of that.  What is in the weed I'm smoking? 

[cart@@n]

If it is so good, why not put it in the label?

[pedro01]

If it is so good, why not put it in the label?

Because no fucker would buy it.

That's the bottom line.

Good or bad, educated or not. Many people don't want to put this stuff in their bodies.

In the land of the free, aren't you supposed to have freedom of choice?

What is so wrong with allowing people to choose whether they eat this stuff or not? As you say - if it's so great - people should be scrambling to buy the stuff.

[liquid_c]

Because no fucker would buy it.

That's the bottom line.

Good or bad, educated or not. Many people don't want to put this stuff in their bodies.

In the land of the free, aren't you supposed to have freedom of choice?

What is so wrong with allowing people to choose whether they eat this stuff or not? As you say - if it's so great - people should be scrambling to buy the stuff.

If you want to go GMO free, simply buy certified organic products or look for the NON GMO verified label.  Not hard at all and labeling is nothing but an attempt to scare people into buying overpriced organic products.

[Hulkotron]

What is so wrong with allowing people to choose whether they eat this stuff or not? As you say - if it's so great - people should be scrambling to buy the stuff.

   There are plenty of places you can go to buy food that has no GMO.  Nobody is forcing people to eat it unawares.

[pedro01]

  There are plenty of places you can go to buy food that has no GMO.  Nobody is forcing people to eat it unawares.

So your choice is to eat expensive organic produce from specialist stores and have no choice elsewhere?

So if you are wealthy, you can avoid GM and if you are not, you cannot.

[Hulkotron]

So if you are wealthy, you can avoid GM and if you are not, you cannot.

This is a common misconception, many non-GMO foods are the same or less expensive than the GMO variety if you put a bit of effort into shopping intelligently.

I'm sure Adonis can present the relevant data if you are interested.

[TheGrinch]

[El Diablo Blanco]

California had this on the ballot last election and it got shot down.  What bothers me is the measure to ensure Doctors are drug tested got voted down.  What the fuck!  Don't people want sober doctors?

[Disgusted]

GMO's will kill you.

[The True Adonis]

GMO's will kill you.

There’s no scientific evidence that GMOs pose health risks.  Zero.

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/core-truths-10-common-gmo-claims-debunked

[The True Adonis]

GMO's will kill you.

And while we are at it: a highly touted 2012 study suggesting that GMO corn caused tumors in rats was later retracted.

http://www.nature.com/news/study-linking-gm-maize-to-rat-tumours-is-retracted-1.14268

Study linking GM maize to rat tumours is retracted

[The True Adonis]

So your choice is to eat expensive organic produce from specialist stores and have no choice elsewhere?

So if you are wealthy, you can avoid GM and if you are not, you cannot.

Only an uneducated moron would purposely avoid GM.  May as well start praying to Jeebus as well.

[MAXX]

[MikMaq]

And while we are at it: a highly touted 2012 study suggesting that GMO corn caused tumors in rats was later retracted.

http://www.nature.com/news/study-linking-gm-maize-to-rat-tumours-is-retracted-1.14268

Study linking GM maize to rat tumours is retracted

There still  the question of the economic motivations of the companies developing these strains.

I don't care about health, but patents are no laughing matter.

[The True Adonis]

There still  the question of the economic motivations of the companies developing these strains.

I don't care about health, but patents are no laughing matter.

Which is why they should be respected.  If I put millions of dollars toward developing an apple, as Universities do, they should have the rights to the profits and the patent which is the seed. 

[MikMaq]

Which is why they should be respected.  If I put millions of dollars toward developing an apple, as Universities do, they should have the rights to the profits and the patent which is the seed. 

They'res a degree to which that can be trusted. Corporations especially ones with massive RND budgets have a vested interest in manipulating the markets.

Anyway I know your response is something along the lines of people are dumber than you, and therefore you don't care if dumb people make bad decisions because that allows you to feel smug.