To my friends Shelia Sheila Kinyon Weston, Patricia Leigh Allen, Chris Kubie, Jennifer Sugar Frawley, Steve Morehouse, Luke George, Andy Henry, and Robin Samkoff who support Left Actions call to tell the FDA to label genetically engineered foods… This proud progressive lefty is totally opposed to the labeling of GMO based foods because there is no scientific rational supporting it. If it is true that “90% of Americans” support labeling then 90% of Americans are scientifically naive and have been duped. Quoting the editors of Scientific American… — “Instead of providing people with useful information, mandatory GMO labels would only intensify the misconception that so-called Frankenfoods endanger peoples health. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the World Health Organization and the exceptionally vigilant European Union agree that GMOs are just as safe as other foods. Compared with conventional breeding techniques—which swap giant chunks of DNA between one plant and another—genetic engineering is far more precise and, in most cases, is less likely to produce an unexpected result. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has tested all the GMOs on the market to determine whether they are toxic or allergenic. They are not…” — scientificamerican/article/labels-for-gmo-foods-are-a-bad-idea/
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 04:03:55 +0000
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