107 Nobelists say GMO's Are Safe

[Jack Hays]

Time for the Greenpeace Luddites to get on board for the future.

• Nobelists call on Greenpeace to accept GMOs

More than 100 Nobel laureates have signed a letter urging Greenpeace to end its opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The letter asks Greenpeace to cease its efforts to block introduction of a genetically engineered strain of rice that supporters say could reduce Vitamin-A deficiencies causing blindness and death in children in the developing world.
"We urge Greenpeace and its supporters to re-examine the experience of farmers and consumers worldwide with crops and foods improved through biotechnology, recognize the findings of authoritative scientific bodies and regulatory agencies, and abandon their campaign against 'GMOs' in general and Golden Rice in particular," the letter states.
The letter campaign was organized by Richard Roberts, chief scientific officer of New England Biolabs and, with Phillip Sharp, the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of genetic sequences known as introns. The campaign has a website,supportprecisionagriculture.org, that includes a running list of the signatories, and the group plans to hold a news conference Thursday morning at the National Press Club in Washington.
“We’re scientists. We understand the logic of science. It's easy to see what Greenpeace is doing is damaging and is anti-science," Roberts told The Washington Post. “Greenpeace initially, and then some of their allies, deliberately went out of their way to scare people. It was a way for them to raise money for their cause.". . . .

 

[Skeptic Bob]

What do they know?

 

[Deuce]

Can't be true. I saw a picture once on facebook where squirrels didn't eat corn or something. Take that, science.

 

[kanabco]

Time for the Greenpeace Luddites to get on board for the future.

• Nobelists call on Greenpeace to accept GMOs

More than 100 Nobel laureates have signed a letter urging Greenpeace to end its opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The letter asks Greenpeace to cease its efforts to block introduction of a genetically engineered strain of rice that supporters say could reduce Vitamin-A deficiencies causing blindness and death in children in the developing world.
"We urge Greenpeace and its supporters to re-examine the experience of farmers and consumers worldwide with crops and foods improved through biotechnology, recognize the findings of authoritative scientific bodies and regulatory agencies, and abandon their campaign against 'GMOs' in general and Golden Rice in particular," the letter states.
The letter campaign was organized by Richard Roberts, chief scientific officer of New England Biolabs and, with Phillip Sharp, the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of genetic sequences known as introns. The campaign has a website,supportprecisionagriculture.org, that includes a running list of the signatories, and the group plans to hold a news conference Thursday morning at the National Press Club in Washington.
“We’re scientists. We understand the logic of science. It's easy to see what Greenpeace is doing is damaging and is anti-science," Roberts told The Washington Post. “Greenpeace initially, and then some of their allies, deliberately went out of their way to scare people. It was a way for them to raise money for their cause.". . . .

What do they call it when a food plant, say a carrot, genetically modifies itself so that it is in one life-iteration resistant to the infamous carrot killing aphid and produces offspring (seed) that too are resistant to this fictional aphid? In nature we call that an evolutionary genetic mutation. If man lends a helping hand it is called messing with nature. It takes more than a lifetime.

 

[Rosie1]

If you know anything about plants, veggies and growing; you would know that everything is "genetically engineered." Even the old time apples and other fruits were grafted, cross pollinated, etc., to get tastier and better production. Where it gets borderline and questionable is some of the things companies like Monsanto have done to the food, i.e. making crops that are Roundup (weedkiller) resistant. We do not really know what some of these things will do to humans and animals in the long run. I like to get organic produce from Saturday markets and grow some of my own during the summer. In our area there are no "organically" grown peaches, due to a northwest blight called "Peach Leaf Curl."

 

[Captain Adverse]

Time for the Greenpeace Luddites to get on board for the future.

• Nobelists call on Greenpeace to accept GMOs

More than 100 Nobel laureates have signed a letter urging Greenpeace to end its opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The letter asks Greenpeace to cease its efforts to block introduction of a genetically engineered strain of rice that supporters say could reduce Vitamin-A deficiencies causing blindness and death in children in the developing world.
"We urge Greenpeace and its supporters to re-examine the experience of farmers and consumers worldwide with crops and foods improved through biotechnology, recognize the findings of authoritative scientific bodies and regulatory agencies, and abandon their campaign against 'GMOs' in general and Golden Rice in particular," the letter states.
The letter campaign was organized by Richard Roberts, chief scientific officer of New England Biolabs and, with Phillip Sharp, the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of genetic sequences known as introns. The campaign has a website,supportprecisionagriculture.org, that includes a running list of the signatories, and the group plans to hold a news conference Thursday morning at the National Press Club in Washington.
“We’re scientists. We understand the logic of science. It's easy to see what Greenpeace is doing is damaging and is anti-science," Roberts told The Washington Post. “Greenpeace initially, and then some of their allies, deliberately went out of their way to scare people. It was a way for them to raise money for their cause.". . . .

Now I am just playing devils advocate here but...

How many of those 107 are geneticists?

Why should anyone care what a non-science Nobel winner thinks on this issue?

Why should anyone care what a Nobel winner for a non-biology area of science thinks on this issue?

Hell, who cares what someone selected by Norwegians to win a prize has to say about this?

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; the Swedish Academy grants the Nobel Prize in Literature; and the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded not by a Swedish organization but by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize