GMOs Expose Dangerous Science Disconnect in Agriculture

anza · Oct 26, 2014

What's the result of this willful ignorance?

A U.S Department of Agriculture survey released this year revealed that a scant 7.8 percent of corn belt farmers believe that human activity causes climate change. Compare that to the fact that 93 percent of 2014's planted corn was genetically modified.

A huge gulf exists in farmer attitudes toward science. Growers clearly accept the scientific evidence that modified food is safe while rejecting the scientific evidence that climate change is real and caused by human activity. And this chasm is driven by simple economics. One finding makes farmers money, but the other doesn't -- yet.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donald-carr/gmos-expose-dangerous-sci_b_6044950.html

Michael F · Oct 27, 2014

Trouble is, while GM corn may be safe for people to eat, it is definitely NOT safe for the environment, causing massive further loss of biodiversity beyond what "normal" intensive agriculture already does too :-(

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