Nasa says no global warming

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  1. Leo Lazauskas
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    Leo Lazauskas Senior Member

    Each GMO should be considered on its merits, failings and dangers.
    To throw all GMO's into the same basket is very unsound science because
    all GMO's are not equally dangerous, as you continue to imply.

    I have no doubt that some are dangerous and possibly rammed through to
    bypass protocols using sneaky, immoral practices. I also have no doubt
    that GMO opponents are using sneaky immoral tactics to alarm people
    where it is not warranted.

    But there are no confirmed deaths or epidemics directly linked to GMO's
    anywhere in the world, so at present they are helping to feed and keep
    alive more people than they are killing.

    Certainly, in some countries there are no audit trails back to the GM food,
    but that is not the case in all countries. If there was a huge number of
    deaths (e.g. like the milk scare in China) then authorities would
    launch inquiries into the cause. Even Monsanto could not conspire to
    subvert all scientists involved in such inquiries all over the world.

    Many common pesticides, fungicides and other "agricultural" chemicals are
    linked to cancer and a host of other diseases, allergies, and syndromes.
    A more valid question is whether GMO's are worse than what is already in
    use on non-GM foods.

    Would you agree that some GM foods could be better than the non-GM
    variety after *all* the chemicals used in their production are taken into account?
     
  2. Boston

    Boston Previous Member

    GMO foods are also loosing in the courts these days. We now have our first European country that is McDonalds free. Since that company refuses to label its GMO foods.
     
  3. Leo Lazauskas
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    Some GMO foods will inevitably fail to pass the tests required by some
    countries. Some will make it through with no problems. Just as some
    existing agricultural chemicals will be banned and others will not.

    You have avoided questions, and you are again treating all GMO foods
    on the same basis.

    Your wish to re-introduce "Strange Fruit" to the USA is also not looking
    good. Executing criminals is proving too expensive for some US states.
    It seems that jailing murderers for life costs about $1.1 million and
    keeping them on death row for 15 years (on average) costs about $3 million.
     
  4. michael pierzga
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    michael pierzga Senior Member

    GMOs are like the much derided DDT.

    When DDT was properly used, it saved the lives of millions of people. When DDT was misused , it ruined the environment.

    GMOs must be approached with caution. The best scientific caution. There safety should never be approved by manufacturers , investors or politicians..
     
  5. Boston

    Boston Previous Member

    :D

    cheers
    B
     
  6. Leo Lazauskas
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    Certainly. And the same can be said of enormous numbers of the hundreds of thousands of new chemicals introduced into the environment every year.
     

  7. Leo Lazauskas
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    None required here.
    You are the one who admitted to wanting to re-introduce public hangings (aka
    "Strange Fruit") to the USA. That's as odd a suggestion as I've heard in a while.
     
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