gmo foods

You see it everywhere. An interesting new product, with "No GMOs" or "GMO-Free" on it. What are they scared of? GMO food is tested and tested and tested. And, as science-based critical thinkers, are we now resigned to Organic food now apart from the "No GMOs" labelling?

Golden Rice Finally Released in Bangladesh When I was a Peace Corps Volunteer, Vitamin A deficiency was still a problem. One of the side projects they allowed us to do was to encourage vegetable growing, although this was not limited to those high in beta-carotene, the gist of it was still to...

I'm so used to food packaging being quite insistent about not touching GMO's with a ten-foot pole that I was caught off guard by this humble statement on the back of a bag of chips. Why they had to mention it, beats me.

110 Nobel laureates have called on Greenpeace to end it's opposition to genetically modified foods. The campaign was organised by Richard Roberts and Phillip Sharp and has been signed by more than 100 winners of the Nobel prizes. The letter specifically asks Greenpeace to end it's attempt to...

You are currently in a war, but you don’t know it. This is the Third World War but since you don’t know the signs of it, or you don’t know that a war might come in a different way from the First and Second World Wars, you are blind to the fact that you are currently in a war zone and you are...

Chipotle will stop serving GMO foods — despite zero evidence they're harmful to eat Chipotle Wants to Sell “Food With Integrity.” Dropping GMOs Is the Wrong Way to Do It. Last time I visited my my parents in California we stayed at the same hotel where we had always stayed before. In the past...

I have seen an odd trend of otherwise sensible skeptics strongly advocating that GMO foods should not be labeled. I find this really bizarre. I do have to state that I am not against GMOs and that I am not advocating health claims made by "organic" foods. I just think that one should not...

Group of doctors call on Columbia Univ. to oust Dr. Oz I say they're not going far enough. Is there any grounds for the state to revoke his medical license?

This article brings together what I've seen as the results of hard work on the part of woo-busters on blogs and social media: Is The Food Babe A Fearmonger? Scientists Are Speaking Out Some really notable skeptic names are mentioned like Kavin Senapathy, but Dr. Kevin Folta is rather prominent.

That's right. The infamous Séralini long term toxicity paper has been republished. This time with open access as well as extra material addressing criticisms of the original publication. Personally I don't know what to make of it. I had thought the matter was laid to rest when the study was...

OK having a bit of a debate on fb with a guy who posted an anti gmo petition and remembered seeing an infographic someone had put together with quotes from a bunch of scientific institutions saying basically there's no evidence that they cause harm. If anyone knows what I'm talking about and has...

I know that there is no 100% agreement among legitimate scientists about GMO foods. However, what is the general consensus? Do the vast majority of scientists say that GMOs are safe? When a scientist says that he or she has evidence that GMOs are not safe, is that treated much the same way a...

Monsanto, I read more and more and more in social networks about this "evil" entity and how it is being banned in several countries or how it wants to dominate the market and force people to pay them for using seeds, not FROM them but even if "contaminated by nature", and suing small farmers and...

Leading Environmental Activist’s Blunt Confession: I Was Completely Wrong To Oppose GMOs :clap: It takes a big person to admit that he was wrong. This is not typical human behavior.

http://skepticalvegan.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/animal-genes-rothamstead-wheat-trial/ I'm still not understanding their point but maybe it's because they don't have one? They are claiming the wheat's synthesized gene is similar to one found in cows therefore the wheat is an animal...

Hey guys, I haven't posted here for some time but just wanted to share with you a fantastic educational film about genetically modified food. It has very little publicity and only 1 single link I can find to the film itself. It took forever for me to track down. Spread the word!!! I...

Toxins in the food we eat and the goods we use. Are they good, bad, or a bit of both? I'm trying to find out where the scientific community stands on this issue but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for with google. Where can I find some credible sources on this? :confused: Any help is...

I got an interesting message on Facebook from a man criticizing my support of GMO crops. He raised some interesting points, and is causing me to reconsider my position on GMO crops. Can anyone see any problems with his arguments, or does anyone have any commentary? (His words are italicized, my...

Hi! I know this is a lot to ask for, and I completely understand if none of you find the interest and/or time to look this through. But as a former organic food/anti-GMO-fanatic I still find it deeply distressing when coming across such stuff as this: GM FOOD NIGHTMARE UNFOLDING Now, I really...

I've recently viewed this movie : The world according to Monsanto It comes in 10 min. clips. This was broadcast in France a few months ago. Your thoughts ?

So this is the latest email from the same guy as before (if anything, they're good for a laugh). I swear I'm not making this up (though, usually he spells it "Momma Nature", if I recall correctly).

So I'm arguing with this guy again (he a raw-foodist and thinks there's something supernatural about the pyramids or something), after he emailed me an article about how GM crops were banned in a county of California. I asked him to send me some evidence that GMO's were as bad as people made...

http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/librarytitles/Briefing_Sheets10042001 Is this junk science? Or are there real concerns about the risks of GM foods?