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Junk science and Proposition 37

By tovarichpeter   Follow   Sun, 14 Oct 2012, 11:10am   149 views   1 comment
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20121014,0,573516.column

But even if the measure goes down — and it's the target of a $35-million publicity attack by agricultural and food industry interests — the campaign behind it will mark an important milestone in politics: the deployment of weapons-grade junk science. Of course, ignorance and anti-intellectualism are not new phenomena in our elections, nor in the political processes of other lands, dictatorships and democracies alike. Pseudoscience is part and parcel of corporate advertising in every medium. ("I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV.

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   1   11:40am Sun 14 Oct 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   What a hit-piece and what an idiot. The dangers of genetically modified food, esp. when mixing with natural seeds/soil are well known and that's why most countries either completely ban it or at least mandate labelling. But hey, just advocating for the right to make my own decision, dude can keep eating al the GMO he wants.