# GMO Foods - Safe? Effective?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmo-foods-safe-effective/683522>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 12, 2014, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmo-foods-safe-effective/683522 "2014-03-12T09:14:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmo-foods-safe-effective/683522/261 "2014-03-25T11:52:26Z")

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Even when no human intervention is involved, Nature seems to be conspiring to put us at risk - as in [the natural occurrence of intergeneric hybrids](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0028825X.1988.10410122). Who knows what potential horrific effects may ensue?

Obviously we must remove all naturally occurring interspecific and intergeneric hybrids from the environment ASAP, either to exterminate them or subject them to many years of testing.

Because, you know, epigenetics.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmo-foods-safe-effective/683522/262 "2014-03-25T12:22:51Z")

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Testing won’t help, because we can’t test for things we don’t know about. So nothing is safe.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmo-foods-safe-effective/683522/263 "2014-03-25T13:32:08Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> So nothing is safe.

How DARE you make such a sweeping generalization?!

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**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmo-foods-safe-effective/683522/264 "2014-03-25T21:46:18Z")

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> [@RaftPeople](#):
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> I agree, it does sound more precise and better.
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> It is entirely possible that the previous methods were worse, but that doesn’t close the current knowledge gaps, it just means previous methods might have been worse.

Therefore I propose that all foods except GMO be banned.

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