I don't like the hyperbole of the thread title. It tries to lump issues together to create an uproar.
I would much prefer all people can be anti science when the science conflicts with their world view. Be it vaccines, organic food, wacky medicine, climate change, evolution, etc.
As for GMOs I am not against if in the ingredient list they put the type of seed used to grow the crop. I am against using the term GMO. The problem with using the words Non-GMO, low fat, sugar free, fat free, cruelty free, organic, free range or calorie reduced is that it implies that this food is somehow safer, healthier, of more ethical. The presence of these labels ensure non of these things so they are just false advertising.
Take organic for example, people assume that means pesticide free when it means only organic pesticides are used. These are sometimes better and sometimes worse for the environment.
Our food needs to stop making claims and just state facts. So if in the fine print of the ingredients one says made with Canola seed 1574583 and the other says made with Canola seed 15746225 that is okay but plastering GMO free on a 200 calorie fat free organic fruit snack with Disney princesses on it to make mom feel good about feeding sugar to her kids is terrible policy. Yes, little Timmy is morbidly obese but at least you didn't feed him any GMOs.
If we want to go after the food industry lets make it count. NO MORE HEALTH CLAIMS ON FOOD.
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