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Title: Judge Rules that Really Stupid Vermont Law May Be Able to Force GMO-Labels on Food Companies
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Reason Magazine
URL Source: http://reason.com/blog/2015/04/28/j ... es-that-vermont-may-be-able-to
Published: Apr 28, 2015
Author: Ronald Bailey
Post Date: 2015-04-29 04:03:28 by A Pole
Keywords: GMO, food, Monsanto
Views: 23368
Comments: 115
In 2013, the idiots, uh, distinguished solons of the Vermont legislature passed a law requiring food companies to label their products containing ingredients derived from modern biotech crops. The "findings" used to justify the legislation is simply the litany of scientific disinformation that has been peddled by anti-biotechnology extremists for years now. [...] The food manufacturers oppose the legislation arguing, among other things, that it violates their First Amendment rights by forcing them to engage in speech. In point of fact, the anti-biotech activists are not consumer advocates at all. What they are really aiming at is to confuse consumers so that they will misunderstand and treat labels identifying products as containing ingredients from biotech crops as warning labels. [...] As I pointed out in my article, The Top 5 Lies About Biotech Crops, every independent scientific body that has evaluated biotech crops has found them safe for people and the environment. ... As I have already shown above, the real purpose of GMO-labels is to deceive consumers. ... Is picking and choosing between producers really what you want your government to do? ... Finally, folks seeking kosher and halal foods are already well accomodated in the market, but I suppose some folks treat organic foods as a kind of sacrament. Of course, consumers who are bamboozled by the activist disinformation campaign against biotech crops have the perfect way to avoid foods of which they disapprove: Buy anything labeled organic. [...] However, the fight is not over. The case will now go to trial, where, let us hope, scientific evidence not activist lies will prevail. Or better yet, as the Washington Post editorial board has suggested, why not adopt the bill introduced in the House of Representatives that would establish a voluntary labeling system and prevent states and localities from going any further to indulge the GM labeling crowd.
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#1. To: A Pole (#0)
There should be nothing to fear from the truth. But since the companies fear it, fear telling it, fear putting it on the label, therefore, there IS something to fear, something they are hiding. The USDA should impose a labelling requirement: if there is any GMO in a food product, it should be so labelled, so that people know. People have a right to know if their food has been genetically modified, so they can decide whether they want to buy that or not.
Do they also have a right to know if their food had been irradiated when packaged? Or microwaved before being served at a restaurant? I heard you could die from radiation poisoning. I want a label so I can boycott those companies based on my ignorance. And isn't it true that electrical power generated by a nuclear power plant can contaminate my home with radiation if I unplug something and the radioactive electrons dribble out on to the floor? And that we're all going to die from man-made global warming?
Sounds like something a retarded 6 year old would ask.
Speaking of retarded 6-year-olds, you think GMO food will transform you into an ear of corn if you eat it? Kind of like "The Fly" but without the disintegrator-integrator?
Is that a "selfie"?, LOL
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#6. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
"People have a right to know if their food has been genetically modified, so they can decide whether they want to buy that or not."
#7. To: misterwhite (#6)
And isn't it true that electrical power generated by a nuclear power plant can contaminate my home with radiation if I unplug something and the radioactive electrons dribble out on to the floor?
#9. To: Deckard (#7)
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#19. To: misterwhite (#9)
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