tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post1998538179800460858..comments2024-03-28T14:50:06.806-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Quote of the Day - Trust in Science editionBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-29668692899180153112013-03-01T23:50:19.383-05:002013-03-01T23:50:19.383-05:00Before anything else, let me say I currently work ...Before anything else, let me say I currently work for an agricultural company in a department that tests products for regulatory submission to the EPA/FDA. That being the case, I am probably somewhat biased, but I also have a better idea than the average person of how the process works. <br />Anyways, I do somewhat agree with the original premise of the post, which was that GM foods should be labeled as such. However, this should have been done about 15 years ago when the first ones came out. See, if this had been done then you would be so used to seeing the label on your products by now that it would be a non-issue. This is because some GM crop is a component of just about everything made with corn or soy these days. So almost anything that has high fructose corn syrup in it has GMO material in it. The majority of this is herbicide resistance to allow farmers to selectively kill weeds easier. So if you want to be specific, you could say that we have done the largest experiment in the world where people have been eating these things for around 15 years and there have been no confirmed cases of adverse reactions due to the inserted genes. <br />The other side of this is the actual testing that they make us do for all of these things. As an example, one of the other researchers here once calculated that you would have to eat 5 tons of corn to get the equivalent dose of this particular protein that they gave to a mouse to test acute toxicity of a particular protein. The mouse was just fine.<br />In summary, I would agree that it might be good to label foods containing GM products, but would like to see the government dial down the regulatory burden for GM food approval at the same time.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14562334574927526147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-91146548088192584252013-02-28T19:16:11.530-05:002013-02-28T19:16:11.530-05:00I never understood why Monsanto going after farmer...I never understood why Monsanto going after farmers who violated their mutually agreed upon contract in protection of their patent rights is "douchey" but to each his own.<br /><br />If someone agreed contractually to not steal my product and then proceeded to steal it, I'd sue their ass too. Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-74202439934499374152013-02-27T14:45:12.480-05:002013-02-27T14:45:12.480-05:00The way they go after farmers who save their seed ...The way they go after farmers who save their seed to replant the next year--like people have done since the dawn of time. I get that they have to protect their patents and whatnot, but the way they do it is, well, douchey. <br /><br />Not that it means anything [citation needed], but it is somewhat telling that 3/4 of the wikipedia article is about legal and political actions against them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-14284456379809778222013-02-27T14:23:43.431-05:002013-02-27T14:23:43.431-05:00Deadman dance- like what, for example?Deadman dance- like what, for example?Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-83857663392482073542013-02-27T11:04:03.296-05:002013-02-27T11:04:03.296-05:00Yeah, I don't have any problem with GM food, b...Yeah, I don't have any problem with GM food, but some of Monsato's corporate practices are either shady or downright douchey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com