Quotes by Gmos GMO agriculture will probably save the world in this century. But in the developed world, where few people are haunted by the specter of famine, people are free to fetishize heirloom tomatoes and worry about the provenance of what sits on their dinner tables. Annalee Newitz gmos agriculture worry That said, a lot of people buy products with "green" in the brand name, but make no attempt to understand what it would really take to live sustainably. I think one of the most pernicious examples of magical environmental thinking is the anti-GMO movement. Annalee Newitz gmos names thinking There are plenty of publicly-funded organizations and nonprofits that are trying to develop GMO crops that could help feed people in developing nations by producing disease-resistant or drought-resistant strains of staple crops like cassava or bananas. Annalee Newitz gmos organization people People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form? Anne McCaffrey gmos dragons people Middle-income countries are the biggest users of GMOs. Places like Brazil. Bill Gates gmos income country There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively. Bill Gates gmos skeptic europe Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides. Bill Gates gmos safety country Fur is a contentious issue. Meat is a contentious issue. GMOs are a contentious issue. I think this whole thing going on about whether or not products should be labeled if they have GMOs in them - I, as a consumer, would like to know if I'm eating GMO food. If I choose to buy it then it's my choice. Billy Corgan gmo-foods gmos thinking I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form, where each cyclic revolution undergoes some form of 'variation' much as if measure lengths were concrete musical 'material.' Brian Ferneyhough gmos variation musical Some people are genetically programmed to be difficult. Bruce Kent gmos difficult people The science just hasn't been done. Charles Benbrook gmos done I see worries in the fact that we have the power to manipulate genes in ways that would be improbable or impossible through conventional evolution. We shouldn't be complacent in thinking that we can predict the results. Colin Blakemore gmos worry thinking GMOs could really land us in trouble Colin Tudge gmos land trouble Any scientist who tells you they know that GMOs are safe and not to worry about it, is either ignorant of the history of science or is deliberately lying. Nobody knows what the long-term effect will be. David Suzuki gmos long lying Because we aren't certain about the effects of GMOs, we must consider one of the guiding principles in science, the precautionary principle. Under this principle, if a policy or action could harm human health or the environment, we must not proceed until we know for sure what the impact will be. And it is up to those proposing the action or policy to prove that it is not harmful. David Suzuki gmos guiding-principles impact Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying. David Suzuki gmos stupid lying I would avoid any product that contains genetically modified (GMO) corn, because there are still questions regarding the long-term health effects of genetically altered foods on the human body have not been thoroughly tested. Sugars are also sneaked into tons of different foods, especially foods marketed to kids. Again, study the labels carefully before buying. Deirdre Imus gmos long kids The FDA has received over a million comments from citizens demanding labeling of GMOs. 90 percent of Americans agree. So, why no labeling? Dennis Kucinich gmos fda citizens If the Americans like to eat GMO products, let them eat it then. We don't need to do that; we have enough space and opportunities to produce organic food. Dmitry Medvedev gmos space opportunity If you look at all the lobbyists in Washington, this is not a democracy. This is ruled by special interest groups. That includes the military, the pharmaceutical industry, the people who produce mechanized debt, GMO foods. We are prisoners. Deepak Chopra gmo-foods gmos military 1234»