Posted on May 4, 2015
What is your opinion on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)? Here is a great TED Talk on the benefits of GMOs.
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A great TED Talk on the benefits of Genetically Modified Organisms and how it can help millions around the world to include those here in the United States. She uses a great example of how a GMO helped farmers here on Oahu for those of you in Hawaii.
What side of the GMO debate are you on?
I am a full supporter of GMOs and also support the labeling of products. We all want to know exactly what we are consuming GMO or not. IMHO, we need to stop being so focused on those who can afford to choose what kind of food they eat and focus on those who can't afford to maintain their daily nutritional needs. People are so worried about the unproven "harmful effects" of GMOs. If you truly feel this way just don't eat them. GMOs can drastically help the impoverished or those who are malnourished in many ways. It will also help the farmers in many way as well.
What side of the GMO debate are you on?
I am a full supporter of GMOs and also support the labeling of products. We all want to know exactly what we are consuming GMO or not. IMHO, we need to stop being so focused on those who can afford to choose what kind of food they eat and focus on those who can't afford to maintain their daily nutritional needs. People are so worried about the unproven "harmful effects" of GMOs. If you truly feel this way just don't eat them. GMOs can drastically help the impoverished or those who are malnourished in many ways. It will also help the farmers in many way as well.
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There's a bigger question here. How are you going to feed everybody a century from now? The food production capacity is reaching it's limits with current technology, irrigation, fertilization, etc. which also has negative environmental implications. Also GMO has been going on for centuries. It's called splicing or grafting. Now the ability exists to tinker on a molecular level. Like anything else, it can be good or bad. The general consensus is genetic diversity is "good" and there is a legitimate fear that an uber-corn would get used 98% of the time while the diversity is set aside to gradually perish. I'd propose any GMO effort have a mirroring species diversity protection aspect to it.
There's a similar churn going on with food preservation; irradiation. Lots of misperceptions. However a lot of food is wasted simply because we don't do it. Should we? If you really know the physics of the process and there is nothing "radiation" eaten, then most would likely be OK with it.
There's a similar churn going on with food preservation; irradiation. Lots of misperceptions. However a lot of food is wasted simply because we don't do it. Should we? If you really know the physics of the process and there is nothing "radiation" eaten, then most would likely be OK with it.
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SGT Mary G.
Yes, certainly a bigger question about food, but also health reasons. However, splicing or grafting is/was more of a natural process before DNA was unraveled for many species. The DNA combined or it didn't. Tinkering with individual parts of DNA is still in the infancy stages. As long as what is unknown about human DNA (and dna of other flora and fauna) is considered "trash dna" I have serious doubts the level of knowledge needed has been reached without the tinkering doing unintended damage which may not show up for decades or generations.
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Tastes better, serves a purpose, supported by research...all systems go. Labels because I like to know what I am eating. Everything causes cancer these days, everything will kill you in excess, everyone will die eventually.
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