Genetically Engineered Crops Are Safe, Analysis Finds

LazyLion said:
armchair youtube researchers thinking that they know more than scientists.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Perlmutter

David Perlmutter is a Naples, Florida based American physician, author, and researcher.[1][2][3] He is the president of the Perlmutter Health Center.[4][full citation needed] Perlmutter is the author of health books and is known for advocating a functional and holistic approach toward treating brain disorders.[2][5] Perlmutter has also contributed to the Huffington Post,[6] The Daily Beast,[7] and Mind Body Green.[8]
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Perlmutter has received the 2002 Linus Pauling Award (of the Institute for Functional Medicine),[citation needed] and 2006 National Nutritional Foods Association[15] In 2015, Perlmutter was awarded the "Communications and Media Award" from the American College of Nutrition [16]
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Looks like a bonafide scientist to me.
 
greg_SA said:
Even if GM crops were safe, Monsanto's business model is seriously unethical.
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They are safe. That is what this analysis has yielded. Monsanto is a monopoly because of the difficulties that operating in such a field ( :) ). Does the competition commission in the EU go after them? No , they go after Google, who has committed the crime of putting Google apps on a Google operating system.
 
 
LazyLion said:
David Perlmutter? Seriously?
Why don't you quote the entire Wikipedia article?
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Because I don't need to quote the entire article to establish his bonafides as a scientist.

And then read this about David Perlmutter...
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/06/problem-with-the-grain-brain-doctor.html
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So because someone publishes a takedown piece about an unrelated piece of work, the information presented in the youtube clip is now suddenly unreliable too? :erm:

Edit: And there's no way in hell you read that entire article in 2 minutes. Lazylion lazyposting FTL.
 
 
Xarog said:
http://www.nature.com/ajgsup/journal/v1/n1/full/ajgsup20124a.html
Feel free to attack the credentials of each of those sources of information, I'm sure it will do wonders for your argument. :rolleyes:
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Potential competing interests: R. Balfour Sartor has received consulting fees from PureTech, Abbott, Dannon, and Yakult companies. R. Balfour Sartor owns stock options in ViThera and has served as an expert witness for General Mills. Dr Sarkis Mazmanian declared no competing interests.
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Research programme: inflammatory bowel disease therapeutics - ViThera Pharmaceuticals
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http://adisinsight.springer.com/drugs/800037049
This must be bait...

Also those studies are tiny (40 people). With amounts that small, you can literally prove anything. Give me a meta analysis of blind studies.
 
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The Organic food industry is worth 72 Billion Dollars a year worldwide.
Don't come and tell me that Monsanto are trying to buy the UN and scientists to do their bidding when the Organic industry has just as much financial interest.
 
konfab said:
This must be bait...

Also those studies are tiny (40 people). With amounts that small, you can literally prove anything. Give me a meta analysis of blind studies.
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Why, do you dispute the fact that bacteria help us digest our food?

Do you dispute that they take materials in our gut, process it and then expel "waste products" (from the PoV of the bacteria at least) which our body then absorbs?

Do you dispute the notion that some bacteria release waste products which are toxic to human health and that this provokes an immune response? (i.e. inflammation)

Do you dispute the notion that the body deals with many toxins by sealing it inside fat deposits?
 
konfab said:
Quote the whole thing...
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Do a little homework

International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a Washington-D.C. based lobby group funded by food, chemical and drug companies.

Member companies

The ILSI has over 400 companies as members, but institute's main member companies (those that can influence directions) include:
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Monsanto
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/International_Life_Sciences_Institute

So we should trust a UN report chaired by a senior member of this institution, shortly before a major decision worth billions ?

How gullible does one have to be ?

Its all about the money.
 
There is a general consensus among scientists that current GMO foods are safe but that doesn't mean all future ones will be safe too. Thus continued research and debate is necessary.
 
Xarog said:
[video=youtube;ucAJ0U5Veis]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucAJ0U5Veis[/video]
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Oh man, I love how these things bring out food creationists.

*A large concise study once again confirms/denies X

-> LOOK A YOOTOOBE VIDEO THAT SAYS IT ALL WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
 
greg_SA said:
Even if GM crops were safe, Monsanto's business model is seriously unethical.
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This is the truth but sadly they aren't the only ones so many large corporations dominate in such ways. Nestle is another example of a big player that is a big culprit of numerous unethical practices specifically regarding resources such as water and commodities like coffee and cocoa yet we continue to blindly support them.
 
Unhappy438 said:
There is a general consensus among scientists that current GMO foods are safe but that doesn't mean all future ones will be safe too. Thus continued research and debate is necessary.
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Sure, but I'm of the opinion that it's safe until someone can give evidence that it is not.

Just like anything else we eat...
 
Garson007 said:
Sure, but I'm of the opinion that it's safe until someone can give evidence that it is not.

Just like anything else we eat...
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Hmm i think new strains should be tested before they are released to the market, not the other way around.
 
Personally I don't care, safe or not, every things good, every things bad, not doing this will kill you, doing that will kill you, breaking news, I'm gonna die at some point in my life, so, give me potatoes the size of rugby balls, 10kg avos and a tomato the size of football and I can die happy
 
Unhappy438 said:
Hmm i think new strains should be tested before they are released to the market, not the other way around.
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There is absolutely no logical reason why GMO would be more risky than the normal stuff you plant in the garden.
 
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