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Organic foods can be labelled "GM-free" even if they contain up to 0.9% genetically modified content, European agriculture ministers decided yesterday.

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texangelwings
June 14, 2007, 10:16 a.m.
When will businesses learn, "it is not nice to fool with mother nature"?
Since the body's chemicals are always changing, who knows what altered foods will do in the long run, to the human body?
Informative article. Thanks Neo!
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gamahuche
June 15, 2007, 7:32 a.m.
Excellent article.
Pity that it hasn't drawn as much attention as it deserves.
unfortunately it seems to be an unresolvable problem which has unknown, possibly highly dangerous consequences for human beings - and wildlife.
The crux of the problem is whether its wise or safe to label food safe if it has even a minute trace of genetically modified matter.
And if its not then the genetic modifiers have won because there is no safe haven if the effects do prove to be dangerous..
I had a better formulation of this written but had to run out of the door before I could post.
If someone gets back on this topic I'll try again to get a more clear version written.
Thanks anyway for posting, neo!
BTW The Guardian has a regular writer called George Monbiot who writes excellently about such topics and the British organic lobby does at least have Prince Charles batting for them. [Cricket, NOT baseball term!]
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GregD
June 15, 2007, 9:32 a.m.
*shakes head*
It's getting to the point where I hate reading stuff anymore. This is nothing more than a ploy by corporations like Monsanto to hop on the "organic" bandwagon and profit from it while poisoning us. Gahh..I'm too ******ed to write anymore...
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gmfoodsucks
April 11, 2008, 1:47 a.m.
The whole thing is just scary.