[Sca-cooks] NOT OT: genetically engineereed foods

[Sue Clemenger]

What she said....
--maire

"Leah A. Montgomery" wrote:
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> GMO foods scare me. I don't like the idea of things being messed with on
> such an intimate level and being released into the environment before the
> people that are mucking with them know what they are going to do. There was
> no way that any of these GMO crops would cross polinate with like crops.
> This was a gauranty from the companies doing the research and playing about
> with things that they haven't mucked with, in ways that they hadn't mucked
> with them before. I never believed it, and I couldn't understand how anyone
> could believe it either. I've planted stuff in the garden before that had
> been hybridized, and sometimes got two or three different plants from one
> seed. Like the time I planted pumkin and got that plus two different kinds
> of squash. BTW, I dug the seeds out of said pumpkin myself. Anyway, back on
> topic. Surprise, surprise! Oops, we made a mistake, they can
> cross-pollinate!
> 
> I don't trust GM foods, and I won't for another 20 years or so, at least.
> There has not been enough research done on them, in any way, by any one, to
> convince me that they aren't or are safe, but the people who have voiced
> their concerns about these foods have very convincing arguments that sound
> like they are based more in reality then the ones that the companies throw
> out to convince me that they are safe. So I will opt on the safe side and
> not trust these foods until all the research is in.
> 
> And if the entire world disagrees with you, then the whole world is a mob of
> idiots.
> 
> And this is the only thing that I am saying about the whole GMO food debate.