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... which is to say, anti-GMO people aren't the same as Flat-earthers, anti-vaxers, and climate change deniers, who all reject science and reason.
by sethherr 7y ago
... which is to say, anti-GMO people aren't the same as Flat-earthers, anti-vaxers, and climate change deniers, who all reject science and reason.
- luc4sdreyer 7y agoAll of them deny the scientific consensus because it clashes with their ideology. That's not to say they're _same_, e.g. Flat-earthers probably harm society less than anti-vaxers. The consensus regarding GMO safety is solid, but I find a lot of people are immune to it for some reason. A great example of the damage that anti-GMO people cause is the opposition to Golden rice. Vitamin A deficiency kills an estimated 670,000 children every year under the age of 5 and cause an additional 500,000 cases of irreversible childhood blindness. Most of these areas have conventional Vitamin A fortification programs, but they obviously don't work. Golden rice is a strain of rice that was genetically modified to produce vitamin A (technically beta-carotene, which is humans convert to vitamin A). It's free to plant non-commercially. It was developed by universities and other publicly funded organizations. It's approved for human consumption by the FDA, as well as Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Yet Greenpeace and others oppose it, claiming it will open the door to more widespread use of GMOs. They would rather have 500 thousand children die per year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice