Some people, like me, might wonder why large corporations think they know better than nature, when it comes to the basic DNA structure of plant life. There's no long term independent testing or studies for biotech goods. The only testing is by the companies involved and we have to take their word for it that the products are safe for us and the environment.

GMO crops, that contain their own strong pesticides, can pollinate with other plants. As more plants kill more than the insects that were originally targeted, it could set off a dangerous chain reaction in the environment.

It's true that there are genetic changes that happen naturally in the environment. But they happen very very slowly over tens of thousands of years. When it happens slowly, animals and humans have tens of thousands of years to adapt to it. So a symbiotic balance or ecological balance can be maintained. What industry is doing is nothing like that.

Why would we expect proof from the OP?
She is merely presenting information for our consideration.

It really hurts me, but I have to agree with you on this one. Don't faint. I won't eat that %#*& either.

Thank you Bare,
 

and that is my purpose in all the articles that I share. I usually feel that the information is worth considering and I resonate with it at some level.

VPL I too have to agree with your comments on GMO and I find it so in humane to get 3rd world countries to give up their cultural grains and have them plant GMO crops. I just read that Monsanto has had a major decline in this last quarter so maybe consumers are getting wise and are purchasing more consciously.

Hopefully,
LW888

Not true. Definite health claims were made but not backed up by anything other than nonfunctional links.

Notice the double standard. If I had been the OP on this thread, I would have been grilled and asked to prove my statements.

Good thing you said that it really hurts you, otherwise you might risk being kicked off the team.

This article about eating genetically engineered food made me rethink some of my views.

Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful?

This article is fourteen years old but still very complete and fair on both sides I think. I didn't know that gmo plants released a way to kill insects on their own.


I dislike when something is summarily dismissed because someone is making big bucks, or for a religious belief that God did not intend for a plant to...etc..... which is partially what is happening in this issue AND when people in the world are starving due to plant failure...NOTHING is ever simple


Now back to coconut oil and fat tummies.