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Ban large-scale production of GMOs globally. These foods offer nothing productive in terms of economic advantage for the farmers, and instead jack up health care costs in the forms or respiratory problems, toxic reactions from pesticide overexposure, birth defects, along with obstructing food biodiversity - to name a few. The health and economic benefits of eliminating this in our food chain far outweigh the profits of the agri-businesses who engineer them.

Submitted by StacyG in Health Dec. 10, 2014, 4:49 p.m.

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Ban GMOs

Submitted by Barbara B. from IL in Health Nov. 21, 2014, 6:20 p.m.

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Etran

I agree with this cause but I believe that eventually we will be able to produce GMOs that do not negatively harm public health while possibly increasing their resilience and nutritional content. However, I totally agree that we should not be mass-producing them until we can be sure that a given GMO crop can be proven to not cause any harm to a human being. Therefore, I believe that an important Article within a policy for this kind of law should include a provision in which a GMO crop can be mass-produced ONLY after a long-term (60 year study) has been done to see whether or not it can be ingested without negative public health consequences. As for the affect to the environment, maybe another provision that requires GMOs to only be produced in controlled hydroponic/aquaponic indoor environments.

Dec. 10, 2014, 5:59 p.m.

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