I think using Round Up Ready corn or soybeans or anything is an undesirable thing. Not because it's poisonous. It's not. It's because it destroys habitat for pollinators.
If you are going to discuss this issue in an adult manner, you have to use facts. Facts are not available in advocacy web sites like the ones referenced above. These groups cherry pick research that may or may not be good research to "prove" what they want to believe. Here's the Fact Sheet on Glyphosate. What we know about it, as a FACT, is that is has very low toxicity in mammals.
http://npic.orst.edu/factsheet...
When you are looking for facts, do your research by using an advanced google search and screening for .edu web sites. You should be looking for information that is based on scientifically peer reviewed research. Obviously, this research should be independent from companies or from advocacy organizations that have a vested interest in the outcomes.
I defy anyone to find any factual scientific evidence that GMO foods (not round up sprayed ones) are any different than non-GMO foods. BT corn is just as safe as heirloom corn. This is a scientific fact. Most of the anti-GMO rhetoric is really an anti-technology rant that has no basis in provable facts. I defy anyone on this forum or others, to do their research properly with non-biased sites, and find any information that proves otherwise. It can't be done. The sky is not falling.
Having said that, I'm in favor of labeling. I don't see anything wrong with that. If people want to choose non-GMO stuff, knock yourself out. But GMO foods like BT corn have saved a lot of lives. The debate over GMO foods is a political one, not a scientific one. The science is clear.
"Pedro Sanchez, director and senior research scholar at the Agriculture and Food Security Center at the Earth Institute, is an enthusiastic proponent of GMOs. “The science is very clear,” he said. “There is nothing wrong with GM foods in terms of health effects or environmental effects. It is not a scientific issue, it’s a political one.”
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2...
Steve
