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Not even Monsanto employees want to unwittingly subject themselves to their own product ....
http://crisisboom.com/2011/08/22/gm-foo ... cafeteria/Shouldn't we all have choice?
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Don't you have the same choice as they do? As far as you practicable can remove GM soya and maize from your diet.
Excuse me? Are you serious?
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Completely.
You couldn't be. Do I or anyone have any decsion at all? !
You do. I have pointed it out and you seem to have ignored it without comment.
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Yes, you do, just as the notice stated.
What notice?
The notice in the link you posted and which is quoted at the beginning of this post. Did you not read your own references?
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Are there notices posted when we shop for groceries? Monsanto has lobbied with their millions of dollars to make sure the consumer does not know what they are buying. Why have they spent millions to ensure we are kept in the dark? Maybe because they know we would vote with our consumer dollars and walk.
You can still do so. You can walk from any product for which you do not have knowledge of the source as was noted below.
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Are you suggesting that we have choice because we can decide NOT to include corn from our diet?
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No, you can choose to buy certified organic or locally grwon corn where you know are produced from non-GM seeds ... or GM seeds of which you approve.
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Great. But consider the wind. Organics are being contaminated by GM seeds.
No, they are not. There can be some localized cross pollination but no known contamination by seeds.
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Alfalfa seeds, for example, are tiny and easily spread.
We know that farmers are being sued for growing GM seeds when it wasn't there intention ..... That is not a choice. We have no choice.
Actually that reference is to pollen not seeds and I know of no person who consumes alfalfa, do you?
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You MUST be kidding ..... if not, maybe you are working for Monsanto?
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No in both cases.
If you are not kidding then make it more apparant that you are not, because so far it seems that you are. What's your investment?
I always try to make it clear when I am joking and when I do not indicate it I am therefore serious. I have no investment in the issue other than the science and the truth it conveys.
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Most of us would like to know what products are Monsanto grown.
Monsanto does not grow many cropsso you should not be worried. Monsanto does not produce all of the GM products either, but it is a nice whipping boy it seems.
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If they aren't labelled, how do we know? We know how to stay away from sugar, salt and food coloring
That is because there is a known issue with
excess consumption of sodium, and sugars ...but I know of none who avoid them all completely. Do you?
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..... but Monsanto has lobbied ferociously to prevent us from knowing. C'mon ... what's that about?
The protection of a market against bias. The FDA and USDA would call for labels if there were any documentation of concern. The FDA has been fighting a similar assumption regarding vaccines for a time and the ignorance still causes death and injury in spite of their efforts.
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You grow it yourself, buy it from local sources you believe are trustworthy, or go with another provider which guarantees the lack of GMO.
Can't do ..... GMO's are prolific .... as is the wind.
You can, or the act of labelling would not be an issue, would it?
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If Monanto is so confident in its product .... why don't they label their product?
It could be due to the knee-jerk assumption that new is bad. Many consumers know so little they go with any claim which sounds good. That is why homeopathic treatments are popular and vaccinations are not with some groups.
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This is the elitist argument again.
Call it whatever makes you happy, but it is the truth.
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Why not just let our leaders decide for us because we don't have the smarts to figure it out for ourselves.
The leaders who have the information from the majority of scientists and biologists on the subject.
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We may as well have lobotomies.
Some seem to have just that in the circular logic of their discussions.
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No. Reaction to GMO's is anything but knee jerk.
Really? Why then is ther much more rhetoric than scientific data used in your argument?
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We have a serious problem on our hands and people are smart enough to NOT let corporations do the deciding for us.
What problem exactly? Give us the actual scientific data indicating any problem with GMOs in general or any specific variety.
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That is a very dangerous position you are taking and given your apparant smarts .... bizaar! Why in the world would you say such a thing?
The truth is sometimes dangerous, but I am comfortable with it. I say it because it is true.
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Do you know what you're buying?
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As much as anyone usually can.
WTF does that mean?
Just what it says, there is some adulteration is all foods. There is a small amount of rodent feces and parts allowed in each ton of grain processed. I know this is the case, but I doubt many others do. I cannot say how much I will get in any product, but I am aware that the product will generally be safe when I purchase it.
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There was a time when we knew what we were buying.
No, there was a time when you thought you knew what you were buying, but were really just as in the dark. How many products did you buy which were the result of irraditation of seeds to cause random mutation which was then determined to be better or worst then the initial plant? Don't know? Point made.
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We can read the ingredients on a label. This was made law and rightfully so.
So where is the irradiation aspect on the label?
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How has Monsanto managed to evade so that consumers can no longer make informed decisions? What do they have to hide? If they are so confident in their product ...... LABEL IT!
It is not Monsanto's product you are buying, but again the whipping boy aspect comes in handy.
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“as far as practicable, GM soya and maize (has been removed) from all food products served in our restaurant. We have taken the steps to ensure that you, the customer, can feel confident in the food we serve.”
Of course, the definition of practicable may prohibit all but a few, if any, removals, but it might keep a few squeaky wheels quiet.
That's a cute comment Wayne. Have you met this lovely 'squeaky' lady? She is "squeaking" big time .....
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You mean only one lady caused the notice to be posted?
????????? You are quick to respond to a person who has spent several decades researching a very serious threat which causes one to realize your own knee jerk reaction. Why don't you tell us what you know about this one lady?
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I know she has nothing to do with the quotes above because you did not know your own references and confused the statement with something from India. Maybe you should read the link you posted and see if you can become less confused.
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She's currently rocking India ... after retiring from her current posiion as physicist
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It seems you are again confused as she appears to have no connection to the notice quoted.
Seems I am not confused at all. No. Clarity is at hand. I'm not confused and for you to say so gives me cause to consider yours (where i hadn't before .... hmmm)
Really? You know where this quote originated?
“as far as practicable, GM soya and maize (has been removed) from all food products served in our restaurant. We have taken the steps to ensure that you, the customer, can feel confident in the food we serve.”It had nothing to do with India, but it did have a connection to your previously posted link. Now if you are not confused, why are you rambling on about two unconnected things and claiming I am confused?
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There is no way that you could support this idiocay ... in this culture .... or any other .... unless you buy into the wholesale sell-out of people in general.
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You are correct, I do not support the idiocy illustrated by blind opposition to new food production based upon assumption
Assumption? Why are you so reactive? Blind opposition? Blind? ...... You respond to my post within 3 minutes which shows little investigation on your part .... There's hardly any reason to even talk to you at this point. Give me "reason" Wayne. Be reasonable.
What investigation do I have to do to respond to unsupported opinions? What investigation have you undertaken? You have claimed seeds contaminate organic alfalfa when the reference was clearly to unsupported claims made by opponents to GMOs in litigation attempts concerning pollen transfer. To make such errors shows a lack of basic understandig of the situation.
http://www.capitalpress.com/newest/mp-a ... ing-011312A federal judge has rejected allegations by biotech critics that USDA violated environmental laws by fully deregulating transgenic alfalfa.
U.S. District Judge Samuel Conti has refused to overturn the agency's approval of the crop, which was genetically engineered to withstand glyphosate herbicides.
"None of the purported deficiencies raised by plaintiffs in this area, considered independently or holistically, provide sufficient grounds to set aside APHIS's deregulation determination," said Conti.
Critics claimed the agency failed to properly evaluate the potential for Roundup Ready alfalfa to cross-pollinate with conventional and organic varieties, thus harming non-biotech farmers.
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Why would any of us wish to support a corporation that would OWN food .... and that is not wise.
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Corporations, people, farmers, governments, and the like all can own food and this has been the case for as long as there have been corporations and people.
Holy f*ck ... This is a little out of character for you Wayne. In your words, ... people and corporations can own food .... and this has been the case for as long as there have been corporations? .... and people?
Yes, I own the food in my house, just as people have done since there were people, the corporation that owns the grocery store owns the food stored inside unless and until they sell it to someone like me.
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I can hardly respond to the lack of logic .... Weird. Who has been around longer ... people or corporations?
People, but as long as there have been corporations they have had the ability to own food and other things.
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Should corporations own air soon in your mind?
They do own air and other gases. I buy quantities of both from a supplier all of the time.
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You're just way off right now Wayne. Your level of reasoning is a little bizaar at the moment but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt .....
Good, I would hate to be doubted due to your confusion.
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But to do so, you must come up with something a little more reasonable! Even if I don't agree with you .... at least give me some fodder here. And if you don't agree with Vendana, at least do a little research on her for Christ's sake
I have. A philosopher with a background in physics is an unusual combination, but not as unusual as if the science was less theoretical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_ShivaShe was educated at St Mary's School in Nainital, and at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Dehradun.[5] After receiving her bachelors degree in physics, she pursued a M.A. in the philosophy of science at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada), with a thesis entitled "Changes in the concept of periodicity of light". In 1979, she completed and received her Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. Her thesis, titled "Hidden Variables and locality in Quantum Theory,"[4][6] was about the philosophical underpinnings of quantum mechanics. She later went on to interdisciplinary research in science, technology, and environmental policy at the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore.