Mexico waiting on US proof that GM corn safe for its people, deputy ag minister says
Mexico waiting on US proof that GM corn safe for its people, deputy ag minister says
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In a written submission to a panel of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Mexico, the top buyer of U.S. corn, argued that science proves GM corn and the herbicide glyphosate are harmful to human health and its native varieties, and that its decree to ban GM corn for human consumption is within its right.
TBF, we're not picking on Mexico, we give it to our own people too. I like that they're making them prove it's safe as opposed to proving it's harmful. That's the way to go about it.
Yes and i would not trust any food related claim from the US without data backing up it.
I live here and eat the food. And I 10000% agree with this statement. Do not trust the USAs word.
There's a reason why Europe has tons of banned foods that the US doesn't, we care about profits and the share holders above the health of our people (especially the poor).
The poor should just invest their money so they can afford higher quality food, duh.
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The GM hysteria is stupid though. By this logic you would have to prove this for every single non GM plant too. Whether you use completely random mutations over controlled mutations is somewhat irrelevant, although arguably the random ones could potentially be even more dangerous than the planned ones, since you don't have control over them.
The GM hysteria is stupid though.
Is it though? We don't know about things we haven't tested for because humans are different than livestock and rats. Time will tell, but most of us will be dead before we know for sure. We're messing with nature with no idea of the repercussions that we may already be experiencing.
It is, because it shows that you have no idea how new non GM crops are being bred.
Inform me, I took it from the UK healthcare talking about them testing it.
By blasting them with chemicals or radiation in order to create a bunch of random mutations, in the hopes that one of those mutations are beneficial. So instead of injecting very specific target genes into a plant, which is a very controlled process, you end up with a bunch of random mutations of which you apparently aren't worried about the side effects. Those breeds are not labeled in any way and simply mixed in with everything else in your local supermarket. This whole "we're messing with nature with no idea of the repercussions" in regards to gene editing is just uneducated esoteric nonsense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_breeding https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-is-mutation-breeding
This whole “we’re messing with nature with no idea of the repercussions” in regards to gene editing is just uneducated esoteric nonsense.
How close are we to monkeys, apes, etc.? Can you see the future and how is the climate going? We don't know if taking away one thing will affect another down the road. Will every gene edit cause harm? Probably not, but we don't know which ones or how many. Have a great life selling cigarettes.
I don't think science deniers with a complete lack of understanding of genetics should try to berate anyone on climate change, thank you. Like, you're literally arguing like a covid denier too as to why people shouldn't wear masks. If you're so worried about the repercussions of "taking away one thing", then why does that same logic not apply to "taking away many random things"? And no, cigarettes are harmful, you're the one who'd argue that we don't know this for sure. lol
Where's this science that genetically modified food causes harm? All I can find looking for anything that says something other than that GM food affects you the same as non-GM food is linking back to this article. And I mean, if you want to get technical, pretty much all plants we consume in the modern age were genetically modified through selective breeding.