Bio Sciences?

NickTheGreat

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A lot of the time the hot ones have some sort of crazy to them. I'm not necessarily saying that it's a bad thing...
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bugs4cy

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I spend an annoying amount of time listening to people rant about how Monsanto is trying to kill the world. They use just enough 'science' language to apparently sound smart to people who understand nothing about where their food comes from.

Monsanto is blamed for everything - even products/technologies that aren't theirs. Some of it is so crazy that it leaves me speechless. A few months ago I listened to a 20-minute dialogue between a couple knot heads, who claim that Monsanto is trying to kill all the bees because they have a secret lab where they are breeding GMO bees to only pollinate their GMO crops. I guess to the non entomologist it seems plausible. But it's so ridiculous that I can barely reply to it.

The anti-Monsanto crowd is nothing more than morons playing a game of telephone, and their supposed facts gets more and more distorted as time ticks on.
 

rebecacy

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Hey, if anyone should not like Monsanto it's me. I had an idea they would not fund so I had to leave to make it happen. It just happened to end well. Never-the-less, all this dumb science kills me. Your friend needs to learn, think and reason before she talks. It likely won't happen,............so, its wise to move on. If she is this dense do you realy want a long term relationship. Just **** her silly and run.
 

StClone

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The anti-Monsanto crowd is nothing more than morons playing a game

Yeah those knotheads just won a $2 Billion case against Monsanto in Brazil. Monsanto has some brilliant people and fantastic developments, but it is no Corporate angel. And rGBH is still banned in Europe where their Governments actual test stuff.
 

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From the American Cancer Society -

"Summary
The available evidence shows that the use of rBGH can cause adverse health effects in cows. The evidence for potential harm to humans is inconclusive. It is not clear that drinking milk produced using rBGH significantly increases IGF-1 levels in humans or adds to the risk of developing cancer. More research is needed to help better address these concerns.

The increased use of antibiotics to treat rBGH-induced mastitis does promote the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but the extent to which these are transmitted to humans is unclear.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has no formal position regarding rBGH. Together with its advocacy affiliate, the ACS Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the Society supports open, fair and transparent regulatory oversight of products containing rBGH. The ACS also encourages continued and expanded scientific research and independent, credible assessment of potential relationships between the use of this substance in cows and human cancer risk. We support regulatory standards based on rigorous scientific evidence to minimize exposure to carcinogens, and we encourage the FDA to give the public information regarding known and suspected causes of cancer in the food system. The need for an effective FDA in ensuring the safety of our food supply, medicines, and consumer products has never been greater."
 

Agkistrodon

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My understanding of the whole "human genes in rice" thing was the rice would be used to mass produce human proteins that would be used to treat disease. It wasn't rice that was going to be fed to people (not that this would be a problem, anyways).
 

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From the American Cancer Society -

"Summary
The available evidence shows that the use of rBGH can cause adverse health effects in cows. The evidence for potential harm to humans is inconclusive. It is not clear that drinking milk produced using rBGH significantly increases IGF-1 levels in humans or adds to the risk of developing cancer. More research is needed to help better address these concerns.

The increased use of antibiotics to treat rBGH-induced mastitis does promote the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but the extent to which these are transmitted to humans is unclear.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has no formal position regarding rBGH. Together with its advocacy affiliate, the ACS Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the Society supports open, fair and transparent regulatory oversight of products containing rBGH. The ACS also encourages continued and expanded scientific research and independent, credible assessment of potential relationships between the use of this substance in cows and human cancer risk. We support regulatory standards based on rigorous scientific evidence to minimize exposure to carcinogens, and we encourage the FDA to give the public information regarding known and suspected causes of cancer in the food system. The need for an effective FDA in ensuring the safety of our food supply, medicines, and consumer products has never been greater."

Well that settles it!@