Why have some countries outlawed Genetically Modified Food?

Question

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Answer 1

Because our politicians are so ignorants, and greenpeace (mostly of them coming from Europe, where there is not need for food) scare them and the media too.

Answer 2

We don't even have a good definition of Genetically Modified organisms.  Crossbreeding cattle modifies their genetic makeup.  Producing hybrid corn modifies it's genetic makeup.  Creating varieties that are resistant to disease or insects or herbicides are genetic modifications.  The creation of mono germ sugar beet seed was selection for a genetic variation.  Like most liberal scare tactics it is another falsehood.

Answer 3

They have never been proved completely safe. The giant Agri-business Corporations that push GMO food tell the public that the food is "generally regarded as safe". On a label it would say "GRAS". What does that mean? If you had a choice between regular corn or GMO corn, which one would you choose?

Answer 4

Mostly because of fear and not understanding what GM foods really are.  This is because of miss-information being spread by Greenpeace and like institutions.

Answer 5

All the pro's and con's are here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_repor...

i hope this is helpful

Answer 6

Politicians pandering to very vocal (and very misinformed) special interest groups who fear what they don't understand.

Answer 7

Because they have not been proven safe. Bombarding a group of cells with genes attached to gold particles turns on and off other (unintended) genes at random. Many of our crops descend from poisonous wild ancestors. Who  knows what kind of toxic genes could be turned on, and in what new ways they might interact with other substances the plants produce? Or even what novel toxins could be produced in previously non-toxic or minimally-toxic species? This technique could produce novel poisons, slow poisons, unsafe food.  Also, a virus is used to "turn on" the new gene, these virii have potential problems of their own, as they don't "turn on" just one gene, creating more worries similar to the bombardment issue. Lastly, but not leastly, they also attach an antibiotic resistant gene to the gene they want to insert, this is so they can put the bombarded cells in a petri dish and douse them with antibiotics so they know which ones "took." These antibiotic-resistant genes have been proven to be able to be "taken" by bacteria in the general vicinity (an ability bacteria have). It is concievable that pathogenic bacteria residing in the gut might take those genes and make themselves more difficult to treat, or impossible. It might have already happened.

It is NOT the same as traditional breeding, nor is it accurate (the bombardment) as the proponents would have you believe.

Testing is paramount, and it has NOT been done for the vast majority of introduced varieties. For those that it has been done, it has not been reassuring much of the time. That is why it is banned.

Answer 8

because of fear of the unknown. and probably unfair advantage over traditional farmers