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The issues this group has chosen to focus on--global warming and the release of endocrine disruptors into the environment--are ones where the damage is exceedin
by pulisse 10y ago
The issues this group has chosen to focus on--global warming and the release of endocrine disruptors into the environment--are ones where the damage is exceedingly difficult to undo once done. In contrast, a current lack of investment in GMOs does nothing to prevent GMO development in the future. (How often do you hear someone describe decreased development of GMOs as a "crisis"?) So there are perfectly defensible reasons for them to prioritize global warming and endocrine disruption over GMOs, and no basis in this document for an accusation that this group is acting from purely political motives (for which you cite no evidence beyond the absence of GMOs from their agenda).
- marcus_holmes 10y agoWell we need to produce more food, more efficiently, especially if we will not be able to use fossil-fuel-derived fertilisers and climate change will reduce our current food output. GMO foods is an answer to that crisis, so yes, it's important that we decide whether to adopt them or not.
- RCortex 10y agoGMOs are one answer, there are numerous others that don't destroy farmland so effectively (intercropping, aeroponics, ocean farms, to name a few) or put farmers under the gun of chemical companies.