Nad R wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote:
> > notbob wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2011-07-03, Christine Dabney > wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:45:50 -0500, "Pete C." >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Yes, it is insane to wildly claim that some mysterious GM foods are
> >>>> causing the apparent increase in allergies without a shred of data to
> >>>> back the claim. Milk is not a GM food, nor are peanuts.
> >>>
> >>> Nor is gluten, although it might be in genetically modified foods.
> >>
> >> GM means genetically modified. As for milk, Monsanto isn't pushing
> >> the crap outta BGH? News to me. You know for a fact wheat or peanuts
> >> are NOT GM foods? I'd be amazed if they weren't.
> >>
> >> Yes, I'm wildly insane. Science is screwing with every facet of our
> >> food supply, but I'm wildly out of line to believe they are modifying our
> >> peanuts and wheat, which is still as pristine and as natural as when
> >> Jesus wore short pants. And the sky isn't blue and water isn't wet
> >> and there's no such thing as global warming.
> >>
> >> Hard to believe their are still ppl this freakin' naive/stupid.
> >>
> >> nb
> >
> > Ah yes, those stupid enough to believe in religion are also the ones who
> > are terrified of and attack anything they don't understand. Just because
> > *you* don't have the intelligence to understand what GM is and isn't,
> > doesn't meant that those producing the GM items don't fully understand
> > it, nor does it mean that more than a small subset of the population
> > doesn't understand it. While you were busy studying your fantasy "holy
> > book(s)", the rest of us were busy learning how the world actually
> > works.
>
> What I want is food labels that labels the food source that is engineered
> or not. I say let the public decide on what they want. Label the food
> source engineered or heirloom. Give the buyers what they want.

Absolutely. Full disclosure of country(ies) of origin, GM, pesticide,
irradiated, etc.