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  1. Helen Franciscovich says:

    Every GMO product should be labeled as such some of us do not want to ingest poision

  2. john biscit says:

    GM apple approved in Canada over consumer and farmer objections

    The apple is genetically modified to not turn brown after being cut.
    Polls show that almost 70% of Canadians did not want this GM apple
    approved.
    Just like the American government the Canadian gov’t doesn’t listen to the voice of the people.

    1. Skeptologist says:

      There was public opposition to seat belts when they were introduced too. Public opinion doesn’t tell you anything about the nature of a product, all it tells you is how the public feels about that product. It doesn’t even tell you anything about how well the public understands a product.

  3. Skeptologist says:

    No. GM potatoes have not reached the stage of commercial production yet.

  4. Skeptologist says:

    Browning is the oxidation of particular metabolites in the apple, particular polyphenolics many of which are antioxidants. No, there is no reason to think that digestion of Arctic Apples will be any different from that of a regular apple. If anything, Arctic Apples may have higher levels of antioxidants as oxidation (browning) results in an effective loss of these compounds.

    These who are pushing this kind of science are criminals, renegades against life for their profit and egos. It’s mad science.

    People fear what they don’t understand. Genetic engineering is very complicated, but it’s not inherently dangerous. It’s just a tool.

  5. john biscit says:

    It’s been a big news week for the GMO labeling movement

    The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that Roundup causes cancer.

    The New York Times reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has known this all along, but failed to act.

    And Congress just reintroduced a bill, written by Monsanto and Big
    Food, intended to take away your right to know about GMOs. Permanently.

    An anonymous donor in New England has stepped up with a matching
    funds offer that expires March 31. Can you help us raise another
    $110,000 to meet our goal of $200,000 by March 31 to fund GMO labeling
    in Maine, and in other New England states, including Massachusetts? Details on how to donate online, by check or by phone here.

    Never has it been more urgent to get labels on GMO foods.

    And never has it been more obvious that the federal government has no
    intention of protecting consumers from the risks associated with GMO
    foods—including the fact that nearly all of them are grown with
    glyphosate, a known carcinogen.

    It’s up to us. We have to act before it’s too late.

    Late last week, WHO released its findings that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, “probably” causes cancer.

    Days later, a new report surfaced that linked to official EPA
    documents showing that in 1985, the EPA classified glyphosate as a Class
    C carcinogen. Six years later, just about the time former Monsanto
    lawyer Michael Taylor got himself installed in a key position at the
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the EPA reversed that
    decision.

    Thanks to the FDA, in the early 1990s GMOs were (illegally, according
    to some experts) classified as “substantially equivalent” to non-GMO
    foods and “Generally Recognized as Safe”—a classification that exempts
    them from any pre-market safety testing.
    Since then, a long list of credible scientists have challenged the safety of GMO foods. But this much is irrefutable: Monsanto’s glyphosate is the cornerstone of GMO crops
    (whether those crops go into human food products, animal feed or
    biofuels). Glyphosate causes cancer. And the FDA, EPA and USDA have
    failed to protect us from what they’ve known all along is a
    cancer-causing toxin, widely used on our food, and prevalent in our
    drinking water.

    Monsanto and Big Food have spent millions to corrupt the political
    process, manipulate the mass media and keep consumers in the dark. They
    would like nothing more than for us to give up this fight.

    Now is not the time to give up. Now is the time to ramp up the pressure, and take a stand for consumer and states’ rights.

    Our lives depend on it. Because while you may not drop dead instantly
    after eating glyphosate-drenched GMO foods, Monsanto’s chemicals linger
    in your body, quietly waiting for an opportunity.

    We’re grateful for the generosity of our anonymous New England donor. Please help us make the most of this generous offer by donating today to run strong GMO labeling campaigns in Maine, Massachusetts and other New England states.

    Congress will have a much more difficult time ramming through their bill
    to preempt states’ rights to label GMOs, if we can pass a few more
    strong state laws asap.

  6. Skeptologist says:

    This isn’t original research. This is a reprocessing other data produced by other researchers, who didn’t come to similar conclusions. I do not like the way Seralini often presents data in his papers. It’s often obtuse and overly processed. For example, presenting results as % changes can be very misleading as a small changes at low values produce large % changes that may not be biologically relevant. Furthermore, the results seem to lack dose dependent responses. In a number of cases, for rats consuming feed containing 11% GM corn a positive % change is seen whereas a negative % change is seen for rats consuming feed containing 33% GM corn.

    In my view, Seralini is not an objective scientist. He has a very clear agenda and produces “research” to match that agenda.

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