http://www.theworld.org/2010/02/can-genetically-modified-crops-help-feed-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-genetically-modified-crops-help-feed-the-world Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2010/02/can-genetically-modified-crops-help-feed-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-6503 Andrew Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:33:21 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=27759#comment-6503 How can opponents of GM be ever satisfied? Even though billions of people have eaten 100's of billions of meals containing GM products without any verified harms these GM luddites will still be able to say but what about harm in the future after a 100 years of use? They are of course logically right and at the same time practically wrong. Anti GM hysteria has already killed thousands of people (restrictions on aid in Africa) and cost tens of billions of dollars of lost food production and similar amounts on frivilous precautions to prevent 'contamination'. How can opponents of GM be ever satisfied? Even though billions of people have eaten 100′s of billions of meals containing GM products without any verified harms these GM luddites will still be able to say but what about harm in the future after a 100 years of use? They are of course logically right and at the same time practically wrong. Anti GM hysteria has already killed thousands of people (restrictions on aid in Africa) and cost tens of billions of dollars of lost food production and similar amounts on frivilous precautions to prevent ‘contamination’.

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