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In reply to the discussion: GMO's are they safe? There is no way to be sure yet...there are no absolutes in young science... [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)82. How many times do you want to make the same error?
Scientists can't purchase the seeds except through Monsanto, which restricts their rights to use them.
India and most of Europe made it illegal for Monsanto to do that.
Golly, I wonder where scientists might be able to get seeds without Monsanto's permission......They might even have scientists in Europe and India.
But hey, let's read your own link:
When farmers purchase a patented seed variety, they sign an agreement that they will not save and replant seeds produced from the seed they buy from us
Let's see.....where's the part that says "can not sell food to anyone".......oh wait, not in there.
See, the scientists don't have to buy the corn as a bag of seed packed by Monsanto. The scientists can buy the fucking corn.
Guess what happens when you buy an ear of corn at the market and plant the kernels instead of eating them? Guess who can't stop you from doing that when you don't sign a contract with them?
Again, this angle is a desperate attempt to hide that anti-GMO people have no mechanism by which GMOs could actually cause harm. They're busy hoping you forget that you aren't signing any contracts when you buy food at the grocery store so they can talk about that instead of the utter failure of their experiments.
And again, this irrational fear will kill billions, because in the near future we will not get enough yield per acre to keep everyone alive.
Wanna avoid GMOs because of your irrational fear? Buy something with an "Organic" sticker on it.
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GMO's are they safe? There is no way to be sure yet...there are no absolutes in young science... [View all]
Drew Richards
Aug 2014
OP
And your suspecting comes from assuming (virtually) every combination has been tried
jeff47
Aug 2014
#62
How many times do you like explaining to people that women should be paid the same as men?
jeff47
Aug 2014
#6
No, I'm not. The GMO producers are. They're clearly terrified of the results independent
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#71
Just because the funding is independent doesn't mean the research wasn't restricted
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#74
And in Europe they have decided, based on the evidence that you reject, to strictly regulate GMO's.
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#84
Oh right. Because all those European scientists are suffering from irrational fear.
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#87
no but to be fair im willing to take a look...only thing that bothers me is the whois lookup
Drew Richards
Aug 2014
#14
Which is why you read the journal articles instead of trusting the web site. (nt)
jeff47
Aug 2014
#15
You think that a transglobal corporate monster like Monsanto should be allowed
Peace Patriot
Aug 2014
#56
I am not talking about the biological cross breeding through biological invito or standard
Drew Richards
Aug 2014
#66
How about this ~ stop rendering food producing areas infertile, and improve the waste factor?
Zorra
Aug 2014
#91
I agree completely I just hope we proceed with caution and transparency as you say...
Drew Richards
Aug 2014
#78