‘Non-GMO month’: A marketing ploy grounded in misinformation

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I was not aware until earlier this week that October is Non-GMO Month, a time apparently set aside to wallow in ignorance and ignore science, a time to offer unsupported and repudiated claims about the health hazards of genetically modified food — scare tactics more appropriate for Halloween…

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This announcement came in a news (?) release from a company called Pereg Natural Foods…

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…[T]his one offered some particularly good examples of baseless, oft-refuted claims that anti-genetic engineering proponents rely on to promote their cause —which mostly consists of self-serving propaganda.

Take this gem…: “Non-genetically modified means that plants or organisms are left as … as they were created in nature.” Hmm, does that include all the hybrids… the genetic improvements from crossing one cultivar with another to achieve a desired goal — higher yield, for instance?

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We also are given a definition of GMO: “This relatively new science creates unstable combinations of plant, animal, bacterial, and viral genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods.” Frightening stuff, but baseless.

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My take on this… is that Non-GMO Month was created as another marketing ploy that uses misinformation and gullibility to enhance sales.

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Read full, original post: Non-GMO Month pushes oft-refuted misinformation

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