I remember the age when mobile phones did not cause cancer. It was just day ago. The news pounded the general public so hard that even telecomunications students did not believe that high power telco equipment can have effect on biological organisms. :-D some of them even found it ridicilous as an idea and mocked others who believed so like they are supersitious :-D
The GMO debate really has nothing to do with modifying the crops genes, the great GMO question is whether the pesticides and herbicides those crops are then fumigated with are safe to eat.
Fortunately, people smarter than us are working on exactly that. There is a lot of ongoing research on these topics.
>The GMO debate really has nothing to do with modifying the crops genes
Maybe for you. This makes a big (and stupid) assumption that agribusiness giants are working in your best interests. It also makes some smaller (also stupid) assumptions that agribusiness giants and scientists know what they are doing, are infallible, and never make mistakes.
Too bad that "no evidence it is unsafe" is not the same as "hey, it's safe."
There's a difference in the mindset on the two sides of the Atlantic ocean. In the US it's:"If you can prove it was not safe you can sue the hell out of them. Until then: sell it." In Europe it's currently: "Unless they can prove it is safe, it may not enter the market."
The former is good for business, the latter might be a little overprotective, but in the end keeps people safe.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 24.3 ms ] threadFortunately, people smarter than us are working on exactly that. There is a lot of ongoing research on these topics.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=pesticide+toxicity
http://www.organic-systems.org/journal/92/JOS_Volume-9_Numbe...
Maybe for you. This makes a big (and stupid) assumption that agribusiness giants are working in your best interests. It also makes some smaller (also stupid) assumptions that agribusiness giants and scientists know what they are doing, are infallible, and never make mistakes.
There's a difference in the mindset on the two sides of the Atlantic ocean. In the US it's:"If you can prove it was not safe you can sue the hell out of them. Until then: sell it." In Europe it's currently: "Unless they can prove it is safe, it may not enter the market."
The former is good for business, the latter might be a little overprotective, but in the end keeps people safe.