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Most Contested
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When technology is understood it can be incorporated into life
13 accept · 13 reject
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Testing what we only know now won’t protect us from unknowns.
13 accept · 13 reject
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Sales of GMO should be unregulated.
13 accept · 13 reject
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How can something be limited and still ever have a chance to be incorporated and trusted fully?
13 accept · 13 reject
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There must be a line drawn where we allow some risk from unknowns?
13 accept · 13 reject
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Research into GMOs is limited to a select few with significant funds.
13 accept · 13 reject
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Corporations demand sufficient return on their investment.
13 accept · 13 reject
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GMOs can be used to protect intellectual property
13 accept · 13 reject
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There is a danger for GMOs leading to species that serve the goals of special interests but diminish the wider needs of humanity.
13 accept · 13 reject
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Even if there are more benign or benifical applications, a single dangerous application can justify treaties to limit technology to select government agents i.e. nuclear tech
13 accept · 13 reject
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You shouldn’t eat GMOs
13 accept · 13 reject
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"Termination seeds" should be banned.
13 accept · 13 reject
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Intellectual property laws need reform.
13 accept · 13 reject
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The current regulatory framework for GMOs is insufficient.
13 accept · 13 reject
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GMOs regulatory framework is not robust enough to respond to unexpected threats.
13 accept · 13 reject
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GMO regulation must be fixed to support broader societal goals.
13 accept · 13 reject
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GMO research needs more government support to ensure innovation benefits society
13 accept · 13 reject
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GMO can protect crops vulnerable to climate change.
13 accept · 13 reject
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Allow GMOs for emergency response only.
13 accept · 13 reject
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The history curriculum taught in American schools should be examined for its role in normalizing white supremacy.
7 accept · 7 reject