Re: [DIYbio] Re: Stop Frankenfish?

There is no scientific data showing harm from
genetically modified foods yet. Emphasis on the YET.
Maybe it is completely harmless, or maybe not.

Science has repeatedly shown in the medical realm
especially regarding basic nutrition that the scientists
are often incorrect or naive or biased. If any intelligent
conversation is had on this topic, then all parties will
eventually agree that it is a medical/nutrition experiment
which will take decades to complete (that is, monitoring the
health impact on humans throughout their lives, which takes
many years).

Consumers have not forgotten the evils of false labeling or
poorly tested food products marketed as safe.

It is the political agenda which specifically forces improperly
or sneakily labelled products into consumers hands, by bending
or biasing legislation typically enacted for beneficial purposes
(look at the corruption of FDA regulations for political and
corporate aims).

High fructose corn syrup instead of sugar.
Splenda.
Saccharine.
Aspartame.
Lead acetate as sweetener.
Multi-vitamins.
Arsenic in US rice
Olestra

How many more examples should we care to list? Feel like
putting the health of your children's lives in the hands of some
corporations opinions of what should or shouldn't be "good
marketing" on the product label?

I'm not any expert on nutrition scandals by far yet only superficially
paying attention to the news I know of dozens of these far reaching
examples.

How about the purposely evil ones, like,

Melamine in milk
plasticizer - DEHP in fruit juices


If consumers want to experiment with their health, and purposely
eat GMOs or the above ingredients, then more power to the
consumer for the freedom to do so. The evil is in hiding ingredients
whereby the fundamentals of capitalism are destroyed:
free market choice.

Only in an open market will evidence regarding merits or harms
truly flourish long term, and this can not be accomplished by hiding
the phrase "Contains Genetically Modified Materials" from the product
packaging. Consumers must be able to make reliable choices about
the fundamental aspect of life: what they are eating.


How about this recent timely article?

The Guardian, Friday 7 February 2014
"Fake-food scandal revealed as tests show third of products mislabelled"

"Consumers are being sold drinks with banned flame-retardant
additives, pork in beef, and fake cheese, laboratory tests show"

"Consumers are being sold food including mozzarella that is less than
half real cheese, ham on pizzas that is either poultry or "meat
emulsion", and frozen prawns that are 50% water, according to tests by
a public laboratory."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/fake-food-scandal-revealed-tests-products-mislabelled


And now you want to trust a corporation who is splicing
who-knows-what-gene into who-knows-what-ingredient of
your breakfast cereal for your kids, as a public medical
experiment? On the basis of science not YET demonstrating
that there is any regulatory network involved with that gene?
What!
Geneticists can't even measure what they are purposely looking
for, let alone measure what they aren't looking for! Sound nuts?

It's your choice, and my choice too, only with a valid product label
can I make that choice one way or the other.


On 2/13/14, Simon Quellen Field <sfield@scitoys.com> wrote:
>
> Labeling products as GMO is not about preventing harm. [...]
> based on no scientific data showing harm.



> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Jonathan Cline <jncline@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> GMO food is evil until the day comes when food sourcing and food
>> packaging
>> is reliable enough for the consumer to make a choice regarding whether or
>> not to purchase the product. The evil is in the nefarious method of
>> either
>> forcing or sneaking products into the consumer's hands, which the
>> consumer
>> might not prefer or would not pick if given the choice.
>>
>>
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