[SeminoleCounty]

If GMO Foods were really that good...the makers would have no problem having them labeled. But, the GMOers fight it...everywhere. And, now want laws to stop freedom of speech using Big Government to protect them...

Unfortunately, a few on here believe Big Government is OK is it protects Big Business. It is still Socialism

[sphinx]

We require health and safety labeling when there is an identifiable risk. GM crops are tested before they are commercialized. They are as safe as any other food on the shelf. The anti-GM zealots are engaged in high-decibel disinformation in which flagrantly false charges are carelessly slung around, and they want the government to impose health labeling on GM foods to create an imputation of risk in the minds of low-information consumers. That is what the fight is about.

Show that there is a risk, with serious, peer reviewed studies, and USDA/FDA/EPA will require labeling, or prohibit the product entirely. But once a product has been tested and approved for safety, the burden of proof is on the accuser.

This is one of the areas where junk science is epidemic. There is a substantial cottage industry of advocacy groups pumping out "studies" that don't meet elementary scientific standards. But the press jumps on them, and we're off to the races. If we had a way to attach punitive damages to such false accusations, Monsanto would have a whole new profit center.

[sphinx]

P.S. If you don’t like the idea of GM foods, fine. Buy organic. No one is stopping you.