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In reply to the discussion: Seralini Redux: Roundup-Ready GMO Maize Causes Serious Health Damage [View all]blackspade
(10,056 posts)But I have little sympathy for positions that link one group to another as if there is a causal link between the two.
The author of the links makes an error of conflating the concerns of Anti-vaxers and Anti-GMO folks because some are both.
My issue with GMOs is that they have not been proven to be safe. There is a huge difference in selective breeding of crops and modifying the genetic code of a plant with the genes from a bacteria or a salamander or whatever other Frankenstein combination that they can think of.
There is very little research showing its safety and the continuing mantra that there is 'no difference' between GM corn/soy beans/ canola/sugar beets is an obvious lie that undermines the credibility of the pro-GMO crowd.
That, coupled with the environmental damage from monoculture farming, the destruction of traditional farming by eliminating the harvesting of seeds/contamination of fields, puts me firmly in the Anti-gmo crowd.
All I ask is that foods be labelled so I can make my own informed decision for my family.