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Broccoli have been eaten for over 2000 years. If they killed us, we would have known.
by DVassallo 7y ago
Broccoli have been eaten for over 2000 years. If they killed us, we would have known.
- tptacek 7y agoOh, that’s the cutoff? What about Brussels sprouts?
- DVassallo 7y agoYou think that the risk of consequential harm (say, death within 10 years) is the same for Brussels sprouts and GM foods? Haven’t we learned anything from mad cow and trans fats? Edit: The risk is reduced significantly after we’ve eaten something for a few generations. The problem is if we test something new on the global population before a local tribe tries it on themselves for a few generations.
- tptacek 7y agoWhat does mad cow have to do with GM? Ironically: the process that begat mad cow: also "natural".
- DVassallo 7y agoEating meat-fed cows is not natural. Eating trans fats is not natural. Eating GM foods is not natural. The first two proved to have catastrophic harm. Why are we confident GM foods are safe? We’re treating no evidence of harm as evidence of no harm. And we’re doing it on a global scale.
- tptacek 7y agoIt sounds like "natural" just means "stuff you don't approve of". Some of your list overlaps mine, others don't. That's fine, but it's kind of a boring argument.
- DVassallo 7y ago“Natural selection” is the process that makes something “natural”. If it hasn’t passed the test of time, it’s not natural. Which part of my list doesn’t overlap with yours? You consider Impossible Foods natural?
- pvg 7y agoThe only "natural" thing to eat then would be wild berries, tubers and tramplings by unruly ungulates.