Dr Jane Goodall: supporters of GM food deluded & ‘anti-science’ (backs new anti-GM book)

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167. Fear just may be a good thing when it comes to GMOs

There is no compelling reason to force everyone to eat GMO foods. None whatsoever. People have every right to be concerned about GMOs, not only for their potential adverse health affects, but also for the potential adverse effects that GMO farming may have on the environment, and the growing trend of a few huge chemical companies seeking to exercise monopolistic control over the world's production of seeds and suing small farmers who may unwittingly use seeds that have been tainted with GMO.



There are studies about possible ill effects of GMO foods, but sometimes they get squelched when the "peer reviewer" is someone who used to work for agribusiness:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691514002002

The UNCTAD has noted that "Corporate executives from major agribusinesses appointed to public agencies have frequently participated in the drafting of regulatory rules that are favourable to their industry’s interests" and cites several examples of conflicts of interest that arise when foxes are chosen to guard henhouses (see p.83 in the following document):

http://unctad.org/en/publicationslibrary/ditcted2012d3_en.pdf