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Cool. That's one climb where it helps to not be too big.

Study shows GM corn could harm aquatic ecosystems

more like they didn't even bother looking into it before they started spewing the usual garbage.

Toxin from GM crops found in human blood

as if you were a reference for anything beside your self-aggrandizement.

obviously no great loss considering the logic and ethics of your posts

well, I love science too but ignoring some of the evidence isn't science.

False generalization. In fact, quite a few of the simple models formulated at the beginning of the industrial revolution have shown to be quite alright.

Increasing pest and disease resistance is one of the most common reasons behind primitive genetic modification. Wheat, in particular, has gone through significant alteration (mostly through selective breeding) to increase it's resistance to certain diseases and pests, improve hardiness, etc. why aren't you answering my question? so we messed up then, and it is obviously impossible that we are messing up today despite many studies showing adverse effects on the environment? You do know I am a scientist. Right?

how many thousands of years have we been genetically modifying edible plants so they release their own pesticide? can you cite anyone here saying what you assert above? I didn't think so.

"President Obama has taken his team of food and farming leaders directly from the biotech companies and their lobbying, research, and philanthropic arms. Michael Taylor, former Monsanto Vice President, is now the FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods. Roger Beachy, former director of the Monsanto-funded Danforth Plant Science Center, is now the director of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Islam Siddiqui, Vice President of the Monsanto and Dupont-funded pesticide-promoting lobbying group, CropLife, is now the Agriculture Negotiator for the US Trade Representative. Rajiv Shah, former agricultural-development director for the pro-biotech Gates Foundation (a frequent Monsanto partner), served as Obama's USDA Under Secretary for Research Education and Economics and Chief Scientist and is now head of USAID. Solicitor General Elena Kagan, who took Monsanto's side against organic farmers in the Roundup Ready alfalfa case, has been nominated to the Supreme Court. Now, Ramona Romero, corporate counsel to DuPont, has been nominated by President Obama to serve as General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture." Obama and agribusiness

what is it that I hear? well, yes! It is deafening silence.

so, in other words, besides your broad brush painting of GMO critics as anti-science you have squat to offer.

QED "DDT is the best-known of several chlorine-containing pesticides used in the 1940s and 1950s. With pyrethrum in short supply, DDT was used extensively during World War II by the Allies to control the insect vectors of typhus — nearly eliminating the disease in many parts of Europe. In the South Pacific, it was sprayed aerially for malaria control with spectacular effects. While DDT's chemical and insecticidal properties were important factors in these victories, advances in application equipment coupled with a high degree of organization and sufficient manpower were also crucial to the success of these programs.[16] In 1945, it was made available to farmers as an agricultural insecticide,[3] and it played a minor role in the final elimination of malaria in Europe and North America.[5] By the time DDT was introduced in the U.S., the disease had already been brought under control by a variety of other means.[17] One CDC physician involved in the United States' DDT spraying campaign said of the effort that "we kicked a dying dog."[18] In 1955, the World Health Organization commenced a program to eradicate malaria worldwide, relying largely on DDT. The program was initially highly successful, eliminating the disease in "Taiwan, much of the Caribbean, the Balkans, parts of northern Africa, the northern region of Australia, and a large swath of the South Pacific"[19] and dramatically reducing mortality in Sri Lanka and India.[20] However widespread agricultural use led to resistant insect populations. In many areas, early victories partially or completely reversed, and in some cases rates of transmission even increased.[21] The program was successful in eliminating malaria only in areas with "high socio-economic status, well-organized healthcare systems, and relatively less intensive or seasonal malaria transmission".[22]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT

as if anyone ever prevented you to have your fun here. You can initiate all the fun threads you want, throw back and forth all the funny comments you desire with your funny friends. Hell, you can even ignore me for all I care but why should I do what you want?

Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896–2000 "Late lessons from early warnings is about the gathering of information on the hazards of human economic activities and its use in taking action to better protect both the environment and the health of the species and ecosystems that are dependent on it, and then living with the consequences.[..]The first reports of injuries from radiation were made as early as 1896 (hence the title of the report). The first clear and credible early warning about asbestos came two years later in 1898. A similar signal for action on CFCs came in 1974, though some may argue that important clues were missed earlier."

freaking Obama-bots sound like Bush dead-enders now. Just what we needed.

are you contesting there are GMO and cell phone studies giving us opposing results? are you contesting the findings of the WHO panel? so what tinfoil hat are you talking about, demonizing douchebag?

which plainly shows that the science isn't settled, despite what gov and industry tools tell us, and calls for application of the precautionary principle. DUH!

50+ years to do away with asbestos for most applications despite growing documentation of its being bad for people since the early 20th century. But hey, they didn't "mean to" when they denied the evidence for as long as they could.

I mean, WHO only said yesterday there is a possible link between cell phones and cancer despite official bots being certain of the opposite for the last 10 years. oops, too bad fuckers.

right, the precautionary principle is for hippies

there is a huge difference between proper applications for technologies (like in a controlled environment) and their uncontrolled widespread use, especially when there are significant unanswered scientific questions. Many claims made about GMOs like greater yields than other methods and lesser use of insecticides have been extensively debunked.

DDT was widely used in agriculture as an insecticide, which caused the evolution of resistance in mosquitoes. Its use in fighting malaria has little to do with the problems that ensued.

remember when Monsanto pushed PCBs, DDT, Agent orange on us? that wasn't scary science at all...