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In reply to the discussion: Chipotle to Stop Serving Genetically Altered Food [View all]TekGryphon
(430 posts)40. There is a scientific consensus that mountains of sodium is bad for you...
There is no scientific consensus that GMOs are dangerous, only that a few modifications show cause for concern and should be studied further (a position I think any reasonable person should agree with).
Chipotle is deliberately flying in the face of scientific consensus on one issue, while pandering to psuedo-scientific fear-mongering on the other.
I eat Chipotle 2-3 times a week, but that doesn't mean I can't smell hypocrisy a mile away.
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GMO Soy is designed for RoundUp, GMO corn produces its own Bt so it cannot be eaten raw
GreatGazoo
May 2015
#84
A little over 1/10th of One Percent of the UCS membership signed that letter
TekGryphon
Apr 2015
#16
Sure, but let's be honest here. Chipotle throws over a daily dosage of sodium into every meal...
TekGryphon
Apr 2015
#33
please read: "astonishing spectrum of birth defects associated with glyphosate"
wordpix
May 2015
#79
Not every person who wants to avoid GMO's think they 'cause autism' or whatever you seem to think
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#27
I call bullshit on your statement, alp. There's ignorance afoot but not from Chipotle
Cha
Apr 2015
#54
no canola oil or corn products? Like most things, there are good and bad and many shades of grey
uppityperson
Apr 2015
#21
Humans have been genetically altering food since the beginning of agriculture.
former9thward
Apr 2015
#29
But did you know that humans have not been inserting the genes of one species into the
Zorra
Apr 2015
#46