17 Jul 2013, 6:00 pm
IdahoRose wrote:
I only eat meat-flavored vegetable products, like veggie burgers and soy bacon. I'm against GMO-type stuff. It can't be healthy for you. 
GMO stuff isn't very well regulated in grains. Also, in a lot of vegetarian cheese the rennet is used from a GMO.
05 Aug 2013, 12:01 pm
05 Aug 2013, 1:09 pm
ruveyn wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
IdahoRose wrote:
It can't be healthy for you.
Where's the evidence to say it's not?
Virtually every grain eaten today is a genetic modification of the original wild varieties.
ruveyn
Modify genetic sequences through agriculture, nobody bats an eyelash.
Modify genetic sequences directly, everyone loses their minds.
05 Aug 2013, 2:00 pm
drh1138 wrote:
Modify genetic sequences through agriculture, nobody bats an eyelash.
Modify genetic sequences directly, everyone loses their minds.
Modify genetic sequences directly, everyone loses their minds.
The reason for this is simple.
If you make a hybrid through natural means, yes, you can get a bad outcome, but it's predictable in 1-2 generations what you've made. Easy to evaluate for health and environmental impact.
Artificial tampering with genes (through the use of viruses), means you get something that need dozens of generations to test (plant cycle, not our cycle) to ensure it is safe for the ecosystem never mind if what you create is long-term healthy for consumption.
Even if we've mapped the human genome, we don't know what all those genes do or how messing with one affects others.
Most GM products are put to market with way too little testing and evaluation, and a lot of money and effort is spent to cover up the considerable list of negative impacts that have been reported.
