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by kerny
4052 days ago
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Monsanto - the creator and producer of Agent Orange is responsible for suffering and deaths of millions of people. In China and Vietnam, hundreds of people are born with serious health issues even to these days. GMO are created with barbaric methods with unknown long term effects on human or environment. AFAIK, GMO are created by infecting DNA with a virus and mixing 'terminator' genes to be sure, that species won't have offspring. Now, please somebody tell me, why should I trust the very same company, that was manufacturing Agent Orange, with my food. Monsanto officially stated that: "reliable scientific evidence indicates that Agent Orange is not the cause of serious long-term health effects". Now, they are saying that GMO poses no risk to health or environment. Thanks, no but thanks. |
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Anyway, the reason I don't take anti-GMO people very seriously is I get the same vibes from the anti-vaccination sort. Refusing to ingest GMO food is perfectly acceptable if you're worried about the health concerns, I would happily welcome more study - I just have trouble believing these crops pose a direct risks to humans. We don't worry about blood-borne diseases from plants. As I understand it, plant DNA is incompatible with our own. I'm not a scientist but I'm pretty sure what they modify can't modify us. I would worry about environmental impact - how these crops affect soil acidity or something else.
I want to stand with the anti-GMO people but it just comes off as blind fear. I'll support study of long-term effects but not much else ~