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Originally Posted by Cricket Tragic

No, just do a proper risk assessment. Using a single survey Evidence that oilseed rape (Brassica napus ssp. ol...[Scott Med J. 1995] - PubMed Result with no cause linked to effect as a way of making a decision doesn’t strike me as the ideal way forward. This is the sort of thing that results in an MMR debacle. I am not that fussed by it, if people want to live their lives jumping at shadows rather than doing rigorous risk assessments, that is no skin off my nose (unless I get caught up in it).

Its the duty of parents to look after their children and the State also has a duty to take precautions where there is a risk , however slight ,to their health. The MMR scare is on par with AGW when it comes to scientific fraud

Not according to this study: AgBioForum 9(3): Global Impact of Biotech Crops: Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects in the First Ten Years of Commercial Use or this one: AgBioForum 2(2): Farm-Level Production Effects Related To The Adoption Of Genetically Modified Cotton For Pest Management or AgBioForum 7(3): Economic Impact of Genetically Modified Cotton in India AgBioForum 5(1): Benefits from Bt Cotton Use by Smallholder Farmers in South Africa AgBioForum 2(2): The Distribution Of Benefits From The Introduction Of Transgenic Cotton Varieties

Of course, like everything it is not all plain sailing for everyone, but enough farmers have benefitted for 125 million of them to be planting these crops this year.

You can quote all the studies you like but these seeds are not free,your friends in the chemical industry are not charities and if GMO's spread then the farmers and consumers will be held tightly by the genitals.