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I was scared of GM crops when they first started getting news attention, but I've flipped now. Quoting a Greenpeace representative, the article writes: > “GM c
by ericyd 2y ago
I was scared of GM crops when they first started getting news attention, but I've flipped now. Quoting a Greenpeace representative, the article writes:
> “GM crops have never been proven safe,” Pelegrina asserted.
This might be true in some way, but what kind of proof are they looking for? What evidence has been presented that GM crops are unsafe? Proving the absence of something (health risk) is quite hard. On the other hand, GM crops have been consumed by many people for many years now and haven't found any large scale deleterious effects.
- jeremiahbuckley 2y ago“You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery.” - Norman Bourlag
- consumer451 2y ago> I was scared of GM crops when they first started getting news attention, but I've flipped now. I think putting this into binary options, of pro-GM, anti-GM, is not ideal. It's like saying "I am pro-chemistry," or "I am anti-chemistry." Just as with chemistry, various GM products can have largely positive or largely negative outcomes. The question which needs to be asked on each and every GMO product introduction is along the lines of: is this new product like creating fertilizer from natural gas, or like adding lead to gasoline?
- ericyd 2y agoGood point, I appreciate the nuance. I guess I meant that I no longer have a blanket anti stance, and now I'm open to asessing more openly
- Rexxar 2y ago>> “GM crops have never been proven safe,” Pelegrina asserted. This argument is always funny as we can also say "Traditional crops have never been proven safe"