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Politics : Hillary Rodham Clinton for President 2016
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To: zeta1961 who wrote (133)11/11/2013 12:21:33 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 850
 
Monsanto assures us that GMOs are safe. The FDA has ruled that they are substantially equivalent to conventionally grown varieties. But we don't have to take either the FDA or Big Ag's word for it. There are now thousands of independent research studies published by unaffiliated scientists on the safety of genetically modified foods. And the scientific consensus is increasingly clear: there is no convincing evidence that GMOs are any more likely to be harmful than conventionally bred varieties.

Frankly this surprises me. I initially assumed that a process as seemingly invasive as genetic engineering would create harmful rogue proteins. In a Guardian piece last year, I wrote of research in England that purportedly showed that food allergies spiked after GMO soy was introduced to England. It turns out that the study was bogus. The rise in allergies had begun long before the genetically modified soy was even in British supermarkets.

There are other studies that GMO critics cite as evidence that these foods may be harmful. But virtually all of these studies have been shown to be seriously flawed – not by corporations like Monsanto, but by neutral scientists who have evaluated them. Moreover, there are reams of independent research indicating that currently available forms of genetically modified foods are safe to eat.

As I write these words, I know that some readers will dismiss them. Many are thoroughly convinced that there is a conspiracy afoot to suppress the news that GMOs are destroying our health. They are not interested in what science has to say, if it contradicts their preconceived ideological position. But I urge those who are interested in learning more to take a look at Nathaniel Johnson's frightfully smart series of articles on GMOs in the online environmental publication Grist.

A couple of points.............I am much more concerned with the way we are raising animals for eating purposes. I find it hard to believe that we are producing quality chickens in the conditions in which they are raised.

I also am much more concerned with the sedentary lifestyle that way too many Americans enjoy. Its created a perverse way of looking at obesity. For an example, I am sick of hearing women complain that women like Jennifer Aniston or Keira Knightly or even a man like Jason Segal:



..........have gotten way too thin when in fact they look normal to me. It feels to me like we have revised what's an acceptable physicality for people in order to accommodate our sedentary lifestyles.......and growing fatness.

There are a whole lot of dangers out there. People are becoming obese in record numbers from quaffing refined foods and sugary drinks. Diabetes rates are soaring. Heart disease, osteoporosis, even certain types of cancer are on the rise, arguably at least in part because of our nutrient poor diets. But nobody has yet demonstrated that GMOs make us sick.

Exactly. When it comes to veggies and fruits, I suspect our bodies can tolerate a lot more 'diversity' then we think.
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