Monsanto - Bad Food, Good Capitalism

Monsanto at it again. This time they've colluded with an 'independent' investigation and had changes made to the final report.
Much of Europe has banned GMOs, am I to believe this is for no reason? With so much blatant corruption and evidence of Roundups toxicity, is it only the profit motive preventing the US from following suit?Recently it was announced that western men's sperm counts have drastically decreased over the last 50 years, this correlates with increasing use of roundup ready crops. Quote from this link.

Yeah, to clarify, I don't see GMOs as inherently bad. I'm looking forward to lab grown steak too. Engineering crops to withstand more pesticides, however, seems like a terrible idea before you even get to the science.

I clarified in my response to NN that my concern primarily regards roundup resistance as opposed to GM in general. That out of the way. Ahh the old dumb voter dismissal, good one. Pretty hollow since you didn't actually tell me much about the scientific merits of the case either. A quick look at some of the literature does raise concerns, This paper takes a look at the benefits and risks of GMOs. Why GM a known toxic substance into potatoes? From food.gov.uk. So all GMOs to a certain extent require labelling in the EU. A member state who bans local production of GMOs ensures access to local non-GMO products, further, due to labelling laws everyone has the ability to make the choice. You're basically calling them idiots for not being authoritarian enough, ironically if you ask me. Correct, in case you hadn't noticed we're examining a potential causal mechanism right now. Forgive me if I am mistaken but aren't you in biochemistry or something? Perhaps you could use your knowledge to inform an ignorant pleb as to why exactly he shouldn't have any concern. I'm not quoting conspiracy websites here but genuine science as best I can tell, I'll need more than your word to counter the concerns raised by other scientists mate. There are studies which directly link Roundup to lower testosterone levels in other mammals. There are studies showing the direct impact of Roundup on human cells including reproductive cells. I concede that it is narrow minded to blame one thing entirely. It is dishonest to deny the real concern for causality in this case, however. Diets and lifestyles vary greatly among the population at any given time, Roundup use on staple crops impacts pretty much everyone regardless of their individual choices. It is therefore a more viable causal candidate for a trend which spans many lifestyle factors and age groups.

This study is a more comprehensive replication of the "safety assurance study"Here's is an image of the organs for visual comparison. A picture is worth a thousand words and that picture is pretty damning if you ask me.

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Ultrastructure of hepatocytes in male rats from groups presenting thegreatest degree of liver pathology. (1) Typical control rat hepatocyte(bar 2 μm except in 4). (2) Effects with Roundup at the lowestdose. Glycogen (G) is dispersed in the cytoplasm. L, lipid droplet; N, nucleus;R, rough endoplasmic reticulum. (3) Details of treatment effects with22% dietary GMO (bar 1 μm). a, cluster of residual bodies (asterisks); b,mitochondria show many enlarged cristae (arrows). (4) Hepatocytes ofanimal fed GM maize (GMO) at 22% of total diet. Large lakes of glycogen occurin the cytoplasm. M, mitochondria.

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The WHO has declared glyphosate a 'probable human carcinogen' and here's a quote on deformed piglets. And one from the actual piglet study. Edited by Riggamortis, : No reason given.

So in short, because some authority in the home of crony capitalism has classified an extremely lucrative product as safe, anyone who questions it is the equivalent of an anti-vaxxer? Pathetic.Here is a direct example of creationist 101 methods being used in the search to prove GMOs safe. The analogy fits like a glove. To paraphrase "While we currently cannot really vouch for their safety due to the lack of standardised methods, we already know that they are safe and more effort is required to prove it."You are welcome to ignore monsantos interference in the science and reporting on GMOs and all the other evidence against Roundup if you wish. You are further free to look down your nose at me for asking questions. Please do try to form an actual argument though, criticising the shallow arguments of arrogant pricks is too easy.We also have the chief editor of the lancet making statements like this; I'll be damned if I'll stop questioning things and I definitely won't allow naive, hollow, condescending points of view to go unchallenged.