Comments on: Genetically Modified Cotton Brings Back Nature's Pest Control: Predators http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/16/genetically-modified-cotton-brings-back-natures-pest-control-predators/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: debating food http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/16/genetically-modified-cotton-brings-back-natures-pest-control-predators/#comment-33335 debating food Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:01:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37776#comment-33335 Why we "debate" GM foods, Monsanto and the rest of agribusiness just go on forcing it on farmers and forcing it on us. Companies that got rich on synthetic fibers and manufacturing napalm are now manufacturing our diet. All the "debate" is a joke. In a democracy, maybe it would matter. But where the Secretary of Agriculture is to Monsanto what the Secretary of Treasury is to Goldman Sachs — "debate" is another way of saying, "keeping talking and we'll keep doing whatever we want anyway." Why we “debate” GM foods, Monsanto and the rest of agribusiness just go on forcing it on farmers and forcing it on us. Companies that got rich on synthetic fibers and manufacturing napalm are now manufacturing our diet.

All the “debate” is a joke. In a democracy, maybe it would matter. But where the Secretary of Agriculture is to Monsanto what the Secretary of Treasury is to Goldman Sachs — “debate” is another way of saying, “keeping talking and we’ll keep doing whatever we want anyway.”

]]> By: Paul http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/16/genetically-modified-cotton-brings-back-natures-pest-control-predators/#comment-33334 Paul Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:39:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37776#comment-33334 The protein has no effect on humans. You could eat it, and probably do, since it's in other plants like corn. The protein has no effect on humans. You could eat it, and probably do, since it’s in other plants like corn.

]]> By: Jo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/16/genetically-modified-cotton-brings-back-natures-pest-control-predators/#comment-33331 Jo Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:17:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37776#comment-33331 What are the long term effects of wearing Bt cotton on humans? Is the toxin totally inert after the plant becomes a textile? What are the long term effects of wearing Bt cotton on humans? Is the toxin totally inert after the plant becomes a textile?

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