Dr. Oz on GMOs

There are many reason's why I can't call myself a "fan" of Dr. Oz; but even I need to admit that once in a while the man puts on a show that I wouldn't want to miss.  I really admire the fact that he presents both sides of the story.  In this case, I appreciate it because the proponents of GMOs made so little sense.  As Jeffery Smith put it, they have bad science down to a science.

One scientist said that GMOs have been around for thousands of years.  This is a very deceptive statement because it's not true, but not entirely untrue.  Yes, there are types of genetic engineering that have possibly been around for thousands of years (like grafting and budding).  The older types of genetic engineering is known to be safe, it has been used in many cultures for generations but GMOs are a FAR different kind of genetic engineering.  The old type of genetic engineering combines the genes of fruits and vegetables from the same species or genus (for example the cross pollination of yellow corn and white corn).  Gene splicing is a whole other kind of genetic engineering that involves combining the genes of different animal kingdoms (like forcing the genes of an arctic fish into the DNA of a tomato so that the tomato can survive frost).  THIS genetic engineering has NOT been around for very long nor has it been tested as much as this scientist claims.  On top of the challenges to the validity of her claim, we are talking about a company who has downright LIED about the safety of their products for decades (to name a few, they lied about PCBs, DDT, Agent Orange, Dioxine, the so-called "biodegradeable" R0und*p Ready...etc) and inevitably took the lives of many (Vietnam soldiers and residents, residents of Anniston Alabama...etc)

Unfortunately, there are scientists who are paid to give the public misinformation about GMOs and there are others who are blackmailed into giving the public misinformation about GMOs (as I have demonstrated in many other posts).  There are some scientists who took a stand for their ethical principals before they were made to suffer for what they stood for.  In conclusion, I wouldn't believe one word that this company has to say about the "safety" of their products.