TEDxAustin Robyn O'Brien 2011
how it inspired her current path as a "Real Food" evangelist. Grounded in a successful Wall Street career that was more interested in ...
The Health Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods
This is a lecture by Jeffrey Smith, in which he summarizes the contents of this book. It's not only informative, but amusing, because he casts ...
Mandatory GMO food labeling implies risks where there are none
Kudos to Farm Press, Miller and Conko for amplifying this important issue. Existing food labeling regulations date back to the late 1800's and are founded in consumer protection - not special interest demands to know. Abraham Lincoln appointed the first chemist of the United States in part to address the growing abuses of snake oil salesmen in making misleading claims about their own and their competitors products.
To bend today to the wishes of advocacy groups and niche product marketers seeking to create food fears around product distinctions that have no relationship to ingredients, nutrition or safety would be to take a giant leap backwards with regards to these consumer protections. Today's snake oil salesmen are using false and misleading absence claims such as pesticide-free or hormone-free on food labels and want to add "GMO-free" to their marketing arsenal.
These claims have no relationship to the quality, nutrition or safety of our food. They are used only to create fear-based markets for higher-priced products that are otherwise the same food as their un-labeled counterparts. Endorsing such labeling via regulations abandons the foundation of consumer protection against snake oil salesmen and others who seek to profit by creating fears around the foods we eat.
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GM crops: A new way forward For a GM crop to be grown in Europe, a qualified majority of the 27 member states has to approve its use, following a positive European Food Standards Authority assessment that the risk to human health or the environment is acceptable. ... |
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Mandatory GMO food labeling implies risks where there are none Likewise, is she aware that every major scientific and public health organization that has studied gene-splicing – from the American Medical Association to the National Academy of Sciences and dozens more – has concluded that gene-spliced foods are at ... |
The hidden costs of allowing genetically modified crops on county open space
For many of those opposed to GM crops on open space, this issue is no less important than the health of their children and the future of our planet. Opponents of GM crops have long expressed their concern that these crops resulting from genetic ...
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Unconstitutional, unethical, unscientific
There is no provision in the Bill for an independent testing laboratory for GM crops, in which civil society would have confidence. No mention of mandatory labelling There is no mention of mandatory labelling of GM food products, and there is no ...
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Feds' GM Food Proposal Compromises Food Safety, Say Groups
The proposed policy on “low level presence” (LLP) relates to the unintended presence in low amounts of unapproved genetically modified (GM) material in imported food. “We think that's a huge concern from a health safety standpoint. ...
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電車侍 says:
@ All we Japanese want are GM free food and health insurance system.We never agree with TPP.
@ All we Japanese want are GM free food and health insurance system.We never agree with TPP.
