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by matt_wulfeck 3699 days ago
Wait until it's proven harmless or wait until it's proven harmful. Two different approaches and I personally think one is wiser.
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Scientifically proving a thing to be harmless is a fool's errand.

The main arguments against GMO essentially boil down to that they may be harmful in ways we can't yet test for. Even if we had enumerated all the ways in which things could be harmful, we wouldn't know our list was complete. You might as well ban food that hasn't been scientifically proven not to harm invisible garden gnomes.