Show me solid peer reviewed science that GMO's harmful in any way and I'm all in, emphasis on solid peer reviewed science. I'm sure I can go to one of 100+ natural living websites presenting evidence that they are harmful, killing honey bees or one of 1000 other atrocities that Monsanto heaps on the world, but when it comes down to the hard core science almost every study done that shows harmful effects of GMO's have been dismantled as bunk.
The most common arguments I hear:
1. The studies were paid for by Monsanto
-True, many were, but the facts are the facts and when those studies, observations, methods and data stand the scrutiny of independent reviews the source of money is immaterial. Good science is good science regardless of the money source.
-Furthermore at least 500 independent studies have been done showing no harm from consuming GMO's
-From a more general standpoint the notion that special interest buy science in a widespread manner is hard to support. Yes it happens, but when studies are reviewed, repeated, and verified the bad & bought usually fall out while the truth is supported by good valid studies. You'd think that with all the money that oil companies have they'd have bought the climate scientists, yet more than 90% of climate scientist concur on climate change and cause.
2. Well we used to think tobacco was harmless
-True, it turns out tobacco, which we once thought harmless, is in fact deadly. We also think apples are harmless. It may turn out that they cause brain tumors, but until someone presents well founded evidence to suggest otherwise there is no reason to believe apples are cancerous or that GMO's are poison.
3. Why does most of Europe ban them?
-I have no idea, but it has nothing to do with scientific data. My suspicion is that is has more to do with public sentiment
4. Why is there such push back to list GMO's on food labels if there is nothing wrong with them
- I would turn the question around. If well founded evidence shows they are harmless and no different than any other grain why should I spend money to redo my labels and packaging and expose my product to unfounded hysteria
Pseudoscience is a claim, belief or practice which is presented as scientific, but does not adhere to a valid scientific method, lacks supporting evidence or plausibility, cannot be reliably tested, or otherwise lacks scientific status. That is the state of the anti-GMO movement.