[AT] OT--game changer

[David Bruce]

Could it simply be to protect their growers?


On 3/21/2015 3:34 PM, Mike wrote:
> I wonder why most of Europe and even China for heavens sake don't allow
> GMO corn. Just wondering. We try to stay away from any processed foods,
> that are loaded with preservatives. But it's not for everyone to each
> his own. We are seeing an sharp increase in Diabetes in the US,
> something has to account for that.
>
> Mike M
> On 3/21/2015 1:38 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Me either David.  As far as the GMO stuff
>> goes, it is nothing more than what seed producers
>> have done for more than a century.  it's just shortcut by doing
>> it in the lab under a microscope instead of by selectively
>> crossbreeding generation after generation of plants in the field
>> or greenh.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Bruce
>> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 12:00 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT--game changer
>>
>> That also figures into my view. Maybe there is something there but with
>> all the hysteria I simply have not seen it.
>>
>> David
>> NW NC
>>
>> On 3/21/2015 11:38 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>>> The whole GMO and Round Up thing has been batted around
>>> for as long as Round Up has been on the market.  It's been in
>>> continuous use here in Coastal NC for at least 30 years.
>>> Logic would dictate that if there really is a buggy man hiding
>>> in the Round Up jug that there would statistical proof of it by
>>> now in terms of a spike in some sort of disease problem both
>>> in humans and livestock.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Bruce
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 11:29 AM
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT--game changer
>>>
>>> After seeing many peer reviewed papers retracted for errors or outright
>>> fraud I am skeptical - maybe there is something there so I will not
>>> eliminate that thought but there is also the political (popular) push to
>>> eliminate "all risks". Add to that international politics and agenda
>>> driven (both pro and con) and I come back to being generally skeptical.
>>>
>>> I do not farm but I did grow up more or less on a farm. Even so I'm not
>>> closed minded to the potential but as with all I'm skeptical of
>>> something promoted in mass media.
>>>
>>> David
>>> NW NC
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