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"Being anti gmo is being anti science"

No, it isn't. As scientists we know how little we know of complex biological systems. This is bio-engineering based on rickety models.

Especially in times where the US is all about 'trade balances' , would it not suite them to take onboard some of the precautionary principles adopted in other parts of the world when it comes to health and safety?






From the other side of the pond, when your chieftain wonders aloud again why the Europeans don't buy your beef, or your chicken, or now your pork: This here, is the reason.

We like our beef clean, our chickens unchlorinated, and our pigs without heavily experimental GMO modification, thank you very much.

Not because we are anti-science. Because the US has a horrible track record when it comes to how far you can go with caveat emptor.




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