Re: GMO Labeling in Hawai'i
Interesting discussion. Lot of good information was discussed, but I suspect that if you are for GMO labeling going into the debate, you will still be for labeling and if you are against GMO labeling, you will still probably be against it. I do not believe there was any earth shattering information provided.
Since I am for labeling of GMO products (I am not against GMO, until further observations can be made, but I would like to know what is and isn't GMO), one thing that I thought was a pretty weak way to try to convince the panel that GMO was safe was when Mark Phillipson stated that since GMO was introduced, cases of stomach cancer has dropped significantly. I would have fired back a challenge that if that logic is what he would like to use, then what about the dramatic upswing of chrohn's disease and other ailments?
It was pointed out that because there is no GMO labeling, there is essentially no real studies on how GMO is affecting our lives. In other words, there can be no long term studies because we won't know who is consuming GMO products and who isn't. Does that sound like a logical decision?
Again, I am for labeling of GMO, but am open to any information that could change my position.
Interesting discussion. Lot of good information was discussed, but I suspect that if you are for GMO labeling going into the debate, you will still be for labeling and if you are against GMO labeling, you will still probably be against it. I do not believe there was any earth shattering information provided.
Since I am for labeling of GMO products (I am not against GMO, until further observations can be made, but I would like to know what is and isn't GMO), one thing that I thought was a pretty weak way to try to convince the panel that GMO was safe was when Mark Phillipson stated that since GMO was introduced, cases of stomach cancer has dropped significantly. I would have fired back a challenge that if that logic is what he would like to use, then what about the dramatic upswing of chrohn's disease and other ailments?
It was pointed out that because there is no GMO labeling, there is essentially no real studies on how GMO is affecting our lives. In other words, there can be no long term studies because we won't know who is consuming GMO products and who isn't. Does that sound like a logical decision?
Again, I am for labeling of GMO, but am open to any information that could change my position.
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