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LD, I know things up here are cheaper and that's one of the problems I anticipate once I move back down there next month.
I also agree that technology should be used to meet the demands of our population.
The issue I have read is that (and this relates to trade) WTO rules prohibit an embargo based on unproven doubt of a product's safety.
This operates differently than the normal scientific standard--food is unsafe unless proven otherwise.
Domestically, I am unsure how the FDA and various government food entities authorize the use of things like genetically altered foods--in some instances I have heard certain commodities have achieved success at being classified as neither a food nor drug (tobacco).
But I agree that one should be able to eat it if they want--I don't want to until more extensive testing is concluded. I think people should have that choice and I disagree with the methods we use to force other nations to accept our genetically modified food.
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