GMO Foods And The Precautionary Principle
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 20:10
in Psychology & Sociology
There have been several articles talking about opposition to GMO foods as being "anti-science" and raising the issue of the precautionary principle, but in fairness, we have to consider what the role of the precautionary principle is, before we just blow it off as an alarmist parlor trick.Let's be clear. ALL questions have scientific legitimacy and some may be well-thought out, while others may be totally off the mark. This doesn't make them unscientific, it just makes them uninformed. If a particular view persists after the proper information has been provided, then the individual could be accused of being unscientific, or at least obstinate. read more