Comments on: GMO Coming to Your Cosmetics? http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/10/10/gmo-coming-to-your-cosmetics/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:13:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Volyund http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/10/10/gmo-coming-to-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-43835 Volyund Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:14:01 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=3569#comment-43835 "I think it’s ridiculous and egotistical to think that we can improve upon nature." - Alysa Yes we can. That's how the average life expectancy for humans in developed countries increased from about 40 to 80 years... In fact all out crops and cattle are improvement upon nature: wheat, corn, rice, cows, horses, chicken, sheep etc. So we can, we have, and we will. "Chris Says: I think it’s ludicrous and arrogant for us to think we can manipulate the natural world on a genetic level." Again, we have manipulated nature on the genetic level through artificial selection for millenia, and we will continue to do so. In fact I just made glowing E.coli in my lab class last year! Guess where insulin for all the millions of diabetics comes, those genetically engineered E.coli. Are you just telling all those diabetics to die because you want everything "natural"? “I think it’s ridiculous and egotistical to think that we can improve upon nature.” – Alysa

Yes we can. That’s how the average life expectancy for humans in developed countries increased from about 40 to 80 years… In fact all out crops and cattle are improvement upon nature: wheat, corn, rice, cows, horses, chicken, sheep etc. So we can, we have, and we will.

“Chris Says:

I think it’s ludicrous and arrogant for us to think we can manipulate the natural world on a genetic level.”

Again, we have manipulated nature on the genetic level through artificial selection for millenia, and we will continue to do so. In fact I just made glowing E.coli in my lab class last year! Guess where insulin for all the millions of diabetics comes, those genetically engineered E.coli. Are you just telling all those diabetics to die because you want everything “natural”?

]]> By: Jami http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/10/10/gmo-coming-to-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-43760 Jami Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:05:49 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=3569#comment-43760 Oh get over it. EVERYTHING has ALREADY been GMOed. Oh get over it. EVERYTHING has ALREADY been GMOed.

]]> By: Robin @ toxicbeautyblog.com http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/10/10/gmo-coming-to-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-43755 Robin @ toxicbeautyblog.com Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:57:52 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=3569#comment-43755 I am completely against GMO products and it scares me to read that this trend may extend to beauty products! Leave nature alone! Who knows what GMO products can do to us. I am completely against GMO products and it scares me to read that this trend may extend to beauty products! Leave nature alone! Who knows what GMO products can do to us.

]]> By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/10/10/gmo-coming-to-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-43739 thebeautybrains Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:08:16 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=3569#comment-43739 There are no non-GMO plants used in Agriculture. Corn, wheat, tomatoes...all have been genetically modified from their natural plants. So too have Cows, pigs, sheep, etc. Everything has already been genetically modified. There are no non-GMO plants used in Agriculture. Corn, wheat, tomatoes…all have been genetically modified from their natural plants. So too have Cows, pigs, sheep, etc. Everything has already been genetically modified.

]]> By: Zora http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/10/10/gmo-coming-to-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-43707 Zora Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:06:01 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=3569#comment-43707 With all of the short-term-thinking disasters playing out all over the world these days, what thoughtful person really believes GMO is a good idea? I have no doubt that the people running the world these days would handily lie about GMOs just to make a quick buck. No thanks! With all of the short-term-thinking disasters playing out all over the world these days, what thoughtful person really believes GMO is a good idea? I have no doubt that the people running the world these days would handily lie about GMOs just to make a quick buck. No thanks!

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