SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Biotech / Medical : Monsanto Co.
MTC 3.190-6.2%Dec 26 9:30 AM EST
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Dan Spillane who wrote (1526)3/10/1999 11:14:00 PM
From: Edscharp  Read Replies (1) of 2539
 
For the past few weeks that I've been reading about the anti-GM hysteria taking place in England I've had the eerie feeling that I had seen this sort of thing before somewhere...someplace.

It finally occurred to me that what is taking place in England is extremely reminiscent of the anti-fluoridation movement of the 50's & early 60's.

I won't attempt to recount the history of the anti-fluoridation movement on this board, but I do know that they failed miserably in their efforts to remove fluoride from the drinking water. They utilized outrageous lies, spurious scientific studies, half-truths and did everything they could to foster public hysteria and then....they faded away.

The vast majority of the public believed the scientists and the health officials that assured them that fluoride was safe and effective against dental caries. Fluoridated water is the norm today.

GM foods, with reasonable care, are safe, cost effective and environmentally safe. GM foods are already the norm today and their contribution to our world will continue to grow. GM foods are too important. They are unstoppable.

Unless Greenpeace can show dead bodies in the street their efforts to maintain public hysteria will fail.

And then, happily, they too will fade away.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News