View Single Post
  #6  
Old 11-15-2013, 08:19 PM
JCL's Avatar
JCL JCL is offline
Premier Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Posts: 11,851
JCL will become famous soon enoughJCL will become famous soon enough
Quote:
Originally Posted by AzNMpower32 View Post
I don't think all GMOs are bad, but they need to be labelled as such and thoroughly tested for safety, as they are required to be in the European Union.

Of course, our farm lobby won't allow that and will lobby against that in the same way they they insist that corn ethanol in fuel is a good idea.
So some foods are labelled, then what? How do people reasonably evaluate the risk of eating broccoli (a genetic modification itself) vs tomatoes with mosquito DNA? It is an unworkable regulation, IMO, largely symbolic and of limited real value. It is also being fought at the state level. Why would state-specific labelling be a good idea? If it is necessary, then it should be a federal regulation.

Pretty big stretch to link GMO labelling with an ethanol lobby, but I will fully agree with you that gasoline that has ethanol should be labelled as such. I am not too concerned about whether that ethanol is GMO or not, personally.
__________________
2007 X3 3.0si, 6 MT, Premium, White

Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver

2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue
Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links