My initial reaction is to agree, and that more information is always a positive thing. But as I've read further into the issue I've come around to the other side. That by putting labels on GMO products specifically, we're implying that there's a safety concern.
The comments from anti-GMO groups are strongly in support of labeling, and the reasons generally come down to "it'll make it easier to ban them".
So at this point my feeling is that labeling is only beneficial if it includes all the information -- more of a history of the ingredients. Do they come from GMOs, cross or mutation breeding?
If the issue were really about giving consumers the right to know, this would be the ideal solution. Otherwise - and I suspect this is the case - labeling appears to be step 1 in an effort to ban GMOs completely. And considering the positive impacts GMOs will have for the human race in the next 20 years, that would be very disappointing indeed.
The comments from anti-GMO groups are strongly in support of labeling, and the reasons generally come down to "it'll make it easier to ban them".
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So at this point my feeling is that labeling is only beneficial if it includes all the information -- more of a history of the ingredients. Do they come from GMOs, cross or mutation breeding?
If the issue were really about giving consumers the right to know, this would be the ideal solution. Otherwise - and I suspect this is the case - labeling appears to be step 1 in an effort to ban GMOs completely. And considering the positive impacts GMOs will have for the human race in the next 20 years, that would be very disappointing indeed.