Genetically manipulating our food sources has precisely no effect on the outcome other than the patent encumber the food we eat.
There is no evidence whatsoever on this planet to the contrary. I've dug through EVERY damn academic paper in the last 15 years and found nothing independent, unbiased and not in the pockets of corporations with self-interest at heart. Take the Cornell paper - half the academic staff have part time positions with Monsanto...
To be honest, 99%+ of the crap I've read are like Microsoft writing white papers comparing SQL Server to MySQL.
Find me a paper that isn't sponsored by industry shills or academic shills funded by industry that says otherwise.
As far as I'm concerned, it's a topic of faith, not science.
Technology can and should aid us, but education is far more important.
As for 9 out of 10, I'd rather they were growing food than shoveling high fructose corn syrup into fat Americans in fast food chains...
Here's a simple test to see if genetic modification does anything: buy seeds for one crop (e.g. soybeans) in both "Roundup-ready" and non-modified varieties. Plant both varieties and let them grow. Spray Roundup on both; see which one dies.
There is no evidence whatsoever on this planet to the contrary. I've dug through EVERY damn academic paper in the last 15 years and found nothing independent, unbiased and not in the pockets of corporations with self-interest at heart. Take the Cornell paper - half the academic staff have part time positions with Monsanto...
To be honest, 99%+ of the crap I've read are like Microsoft writing white papers comparing SQL Server to MySQL.
Find me a paper that isn't sponsored by industry shills or academic shills funded by industry that says otherwise.
As far as I'm concerned, it's a topic of faith, not science.
Technology can and should aid us, but education is far more important.
As for 9 out of 10, I'd rather they were growing food than shoveling high fructose corn syrup into fat Americans in fast food chains...