More information in the hands of consumers isn’t a bad thing. Quite the opposite. Polls consistently show a large percentage of Americans favors GM labeling.
In 2007, candidate Barack Obama backed labeling, though as president he has failed to follow through. While GM labeling is the right destination, some in the pro-labeling camp have made the journey unnecessarily difficult, in part by spewing alarmist epithets such as “Frankenfood.” It’s not unusual to hear an assortment of ills ascribed to GM foods, from obesity and cancer to infertility and genetic defects. The claims, including an oft-cited, but flawed, French study of rats that developed tumors after consuming GM corn, aren’t supported by scientific research. Read more…