African chickens refuse to eat genetically modified corn

No one is saying Seed companies are saints. I don't see how someone committing suicide by drinking poison in Peru though has to do with this though. Corn in general is famous for soil depletion. It's a crop which is very hard on the soil. It's the properties of the variety grown that cause these problems not whether those properties are GMO derived or not. GMO just increases the number of properties that can b bred into crops. Some of those properties might not be good, just as that might be true for non-GMO based plant breeding.

Bombastinator, thousands of ruined farmers in India (not Peru) have committed suicide because of Monsanto imposing their seeds and roundup on them. These farmers have suffered lower crops and were not allowed to plant seeds from their crops, but were forced to buy new seeds every year from Monsanto, which they simply couldn't afford.

As I stated, anyone who claims there is no difference, is simply ignorant on the topic.

Thanks for introducing a reasoned post on this subject.

Your view that to dispute the safety of GMOs which have been proven in scientific tests as not being safe as irrational lends little credibility to your own biased statements.

Fructose is a natural sugar found in fruit (hence its name). It is a sugar that doesn't require insulin, so it is good for diabetics. Each time you eat a fruit, you will ingest fructose. Glucose, on the other hand, is fairly poisonous and leads to diabetes.

First, the human body must convert all other sugars into glucose before it can use it. Second, I don't like the taste of fructose.

Not exactly, electricsquiral - go to http://www.ific.org/publications/qa/fructoseqa.cfm for a better understanding of the different sugars and how they are metabolized. Fructose is not changed into glucose.

So, you don't like honey and fruits?

I see you are using the old data and appear to have a blind faith in the FDA. The sad truth is government agencies are just a fallible as anyone else.

The University of California has been researching the effects of changes in the content of the food we eat on our metabolism. I can't say I'm surprised by there conclusions.

http://www.ucsf.edu/science-cafe/articles/obesity-and-metabolic-syndrome-driven-...

GMO crops is bigger than rogue state Nuclear proliferation and Global warming?

Why are you putting words in my moth? They are all important. You think?

Did you actually read the article?

I read the excerpt. It's so long I assumed it was the majority of the article, and I was correct. You run triple to quadruple the recommended length for an article excerpt and then expect everyone to go reread a whole page again? Gimme a break.

Just to make sure I just read the full article as well just or you, and yes in fact there is nothing in the article to refute anything there. There is no indication in the article that the corn was correct variety and meant for animal feed.

Most corn is grown for industrial use these days btw. The moron was probably trying to save a buck and didn't look at what he was buying. It's lucky the stuff wasn't seed corn. They actually soak that stuff in pesticides and antifungals and it's thoroughly poisonous. Usually they dye it bright colors for safety though so it's rarely eaten.

The guy obviously isn't too bright. How on earth would adding "organic vegetables" help with a poisoning? That's magical thinking.

Chicken swallow corn whole, they don't chew and taste it. They rely on their sense of smell. Chickens have no problems eating cattle corn.

Cows like cattle corn just fine too. People don't though. I'm saying that the kind of corn fed was probably never grown to be eaten. One would assume they have a system for testing food for quality though, which is what taste is for after all. Insects "taste" with their antennae without actually eating the food at all. I'm saying it failed that test. I take your point though.

people have done it though. Take thalidomide for example.

The creepy thing about gmo corn is the the whole transposon jumping genes thing. It is very easy for genetic material from one field winding up tens or hundreds of miles away. Corn really knows how to get it's freak on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposon

^ That's not what gene transposition is. A tranposon is a segment of genetic material that can "jump" around the genome inside a cell. It would not be possible for the gene to jump outside of a corn cell, let alone across fields. Nonetheless they are still pretty cool.

Transgenic contamination is exactly that. Just ask the people of Mexico. Another apologist whonot only thinks global warming is a hoax, but who doesn't seem to know anything about what this technology can do when unleashed on the environment as this was.

"Nonetheless they are still pretty cool."

That's the mentality we have to deal with .

"Transgenic contamination is exactly that."

No it isn't, although I suppose it would be possible for transposons to be involved indirectly. Transposons jump around the genome inside a cell (ie. there is no contamination happening, the genes are still inside the same cell). Transgenic contamination is the undesirable movement of genes in one species to another species. I assume by breeding, lateral gene transfer, or evolution.

"... thinks global warming is a hoax, but who doesn't seem to know anything about what this technology can do when unleashed on the environment as this was."

I dont' think global warming is a hoax and I never have. How does what I mentioned in my previous comment reveal anything about my knowledge of GMO's and the environment?

scary thing is i think you are wrong... they have a good idea how bad it is but they do not even know the full extent of what the real fal out will be in the long term...

we are all just lab rats and they keep proding us to run their maze, eat their hand outs, and be good little human test subjects.

I don't know about that. They wouldn't go to such lengths to stop all independent testing of it if that were the case. Either way it is totally immoral, irresponsible, and unethical.