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My initial reaction is to agree, and that more information is always a positive thing. But as I've read further into the issue I've come around to the other si
by SquareWheel 10y ago
My initial reaction is to agree, and that more information is always a positive thing. But as I've read further into the issue I've come around to the other side. That by putting labels on GMO products specifically, we're implying that there's a safety concern.
The comments from anti-GMO groups are strongly in support of labeling, and the reasons generally come down to "it'll make it easier to ban them".
https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/GLP-right-to-know-infographic.pdf https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/20...
So at this point my feeling is that labeling is only beneficial if it includes all the information -- more of a history of the ingredients. Do they come from GMOs, cross or mutation breeding?
If the issue were really about giving consumers the right to know, this would be the ideal solution. Otherwise - and I suspect this is the case - labeling appears to be step 1 in an effort to ban GMOs completely. And considering the positive impacts GMOs will have for the human race in the next 20 years, that would be very disappointing indeed.
- alexwebb2 10y ago> My initial reaction is to agree, and that more information is always a positive thing. But as I've read further into the issue I've come around to the other side. That by putting labels on GMO products specifically, we're implying that there's a safety concern. Exactly. The thinly veiled motivation of most labeling proponents is to use it as a scare tactic. I've always viewed it as being similar in spirit to putting those "Evolution is just a theory" stickers on high school biology textbooks.
- stephaniepier 10y agoYes, I think of this comic whenever the GMO labeling debate comes up: http://i.imgur.com/NYKSHeV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NYKSHeV.jpg I think the author is overly hopeful that people will educate themselves on what GMO actually means.