Questions and Answers about GM Food arguments

What are the common arguments on GM Food?

Feb 21, 2009 by twinmermaid12 | Posted in Biology

Question:

Answer: The only two valid arguments against them I know of are:

1. Some might be harmful due to unintended consequences. For example, a GMO using a protein from peanuts turned out to be allergenic.

2. The inserted gene might escape. This is for most

Weise Ente | Feb 21, 2009

None that are particularly valid.
Humans started GMing foods during the Agricultural Revolution through artificial selection.
Modern GM food only chooses beneficent genes, avoiding possible deleterious genes or other "bad" ones.
themanifoldcuriosity | Feb 21, 2009



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Food labeling initiative Proposition 37 sliding in the polls

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Proposition 37 , which asks voters to require labels on genetically engineered food sold in California, is dropping in the polls as the well-funded opposition campaign pounds airwaves and mailboxes with arguments against the measure.

A USC Dornsife / Los Angeles Times poll released today shows 44 percent of surveyed voters support the initiative, down from 61 percent in September. The same poll shows those opposing it growing from 25 percent to 42 percent.

Those results are similar to recent polls released by Pepperdine University and the California Business Round Table , which showed support this month at 48 percent, down from 67 percent in September.

The No on 37 campaign has raised $35.6 million, according to MapLight, while the Yes campaign has raised $7.7 million. The opposition is funded largely by companies that make pesticides and genetically modified seeds that contain pesticides. They are running multiple television ads arguing that Proposition 37 would raise grocery prices and that genetically engineered food is safe.

Source: Sacramento Bee (blog)

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