The Health Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods
This is a lecture by Jeffrey Smith, in which he summarizes the contents of this book. It's not only informative, but amusing, because he casts ...
GM Food Safety
This is a lecture by Jeffrey Smith, in which he summarizes the contents of this book. It's not only informative, but amusing, because he casts ...
A very important interview with researcher Jeffrey M. Smith done by Alex Jones on is daily show. They discuss about the documented facts that ...
NOW, not all science can be elevated to the lofty heights of a bumper sticker. To become a catchy slogan, it needs to meet a couple of criteria. It needs to directly affect humans (it is sad, but true that people just don’t get as upset about animals); it has to have given rise to an industrial powerhouse, involving lots of money, high skills and often arcane science; it needs to appear to solve a pressing problem.
These are the fundamentals for a polarised debate: on the one hand, this (insert proposed solution) will solve all our problems; on the other hand, this (insert proposed solution) will kill/mutate/maim us all.
Genetically modified (GM) food checks all the boxes.
At the outset: it is important to worry about the food that you, your family and other people eat. It is necessary to put pressure on governments and regulators to ensure that your health and wellbeing are put above company concerns and bottom lines, but don’t be a Crazy.
Crazies do more damage to the promotion of these concerns than you can imagine (example to follow).
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GM crops: A new way forward For a GM crop to be grown in Europe, a qualified majority of the 27 member states has to approve its use, following a positive European Food Standards Authority assessment that the risk to human health or the environment is acceptable. ... |
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Mandatory GMO food labeling implies risks where there are none Likewise, is she aware that every major scientific and public health organization that has studied gene-splicing – from the American Medical Association to the National Academy of Sciences and dozens more – has concluded that gene-spliced foods are at ... |
The hidden costs of allowing genetically modified crops on county open space
For many of those opposed to GM crops on open space, this issue is no less important than the health of their children and the future of our planet. Opponents of GM crops have long expressed their concern that these crops resulting from genetic ...
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Unconstitutional, unethical, unscientific
There is no provision in the Bill for an independent testing laboratory for GM crops, in which civil society would have confidence. No mention of mandatory labelling There is no mention of mandatory labelling of GM food products, and there is no ...
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Feds' GM Food Proposal Compromises Food Safety, Say Groups
The proposed policy on “low level presence” (LLP) relates to the unintended presence in low amounts of unapproved genetically modified (GM) material in imported food. “We think that's a huge concern from a health safety standpoint. ...
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