More than 80% of Americans support the idea of mandatory labels for food containing DNA...

[That Norwegian Guy]

 

 Source/ full article: io9

 

A recent survey conducted by the Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics found that 80.44% of respondents supported a government policy mandating labels on foods containing DNA. Yes we are talking about the genetic material contained in every living thing known to science and practically every food.

 

Chemophobia is also brilliantly lampooned by the Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division, a satirical scare-campaign that rebrands water as Dihydrogen Monoxide. Inspired by this, Ilya Somin of the Washington Post imagines what a DNA food label might look like:

 

WARNING: This product contains deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The Surgeon General has determined that DNA is linked to a variety of diseases in both animals and humans. In some configurations, it is a risk factor for cancer and heart disease. Pregnant women are at very high risk of passing on DNA to their children. 

 

 

Careful around that nasty DNA, kids.

 

[Imabigmac]

80.44% of people who have no clue what they are being asked and said "Yes" so the caller could hang up and they could go back to watching "SISTER WIVES"....... 

 

 

 

[AlwaysFSX]

Hahaha, this is like supporting the ban of dihydrogen monoxide.

[connorpiper]

"Pregnant women are at very high risk of passing on DNA to their children"

 

Is this real?

Did they take a Biology class?

[ShadowCaptain]

uhh

 

THATS CLEVER

 

do  they also need labels to carry the warning "may contain food inside" too?

[1Scotty1]

'Murica...

[Opcode]

The Surgeon General has determined that DNA is linked to a variety of diseases in both animals and humans.

Don't forget retardation.

 

[OlekKing]

And we're not supposed to make fun of the USA when this kind of shit happens all the time?

 

I wish Sagan was still around. I don't even find it funny at this point.

 

[Geekazoid]

uhh

 

THATS CLEVER

 

do  they also need labels to carry the warning "may contain food inside" too?

ROFLMBO :lol:

They just might you know!

[Geekazoid]

Maybe they'll have to do it for cans of drink too.

"May contain liquid inside"

LOL

@ShadowCaptain

[AlwaysFSX]

So who wants to head to Antarctica in our own gaming society to not deal with things like this.

[Imabigmac]

So who wants to head to Antarctica in our own gaming society to not deal with things like this.

We got going on small island in PNW

[AlwaysFSX]

We got going on small island in PNW

Can you get there by vehicle? If so I might be headed on over.

[XTankSlayerX]

This isn't a joke?

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

So who wants to head to Antarctica in our own gaming society to not deal with things like this.

Now there's an interesting idea.  We could get higher overclocks there due to the lower ambient temps.

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

Warning may contain high percentage of dihydrogen monoxide, a leading cause of drowning

[Imabigmac]

Can you get there by vehicle? If so I might be headed on over.

We have paddle boats so no, but its just to be green. While paddling 10 miles from Vancouver you charge batteries that help run the computers. 

 

We also run seawater through our custom loops

[mr moose]

I think if you ran that survey you'd probably get similar results regardless of what country you were in.  Although some countries are more concerned with actually having food rather than the quality of it.

[Geekazoid]

This deserves one of these:

[Redliquid]

Hahaha, this is like supporting the ban of dihydrogen monoxide.

Googled it, rofl'd

[mr moose]

This isn't a joke?

 

this is serious,  The survey they do has an array of ad hoc questions at the end and one of them was this.

 

some others were:

 

A tax on sugary foods: 39% yes 61% no

A ban on the sale of raw milk unpasteurized milk: 59% yes 41$ no

Mandatory origins labels for meat:  86%yes  14% no

[AlwaysFSX]

Googled it, rofl'd

It's amazing how many people don't know what they're arguing against. :lol:

[PortentousLad]

Lol I was thinking that the title was too long and I was missing something.

That is so incredibly dumb. Labeling food that doesn't contain DNA would be much easier AND more useful to know.

[OlekKing]

Lol I was thinking that the title was too long and I was missing something.

That is so incredibly dumb. Labeling food that doesn't contain DNA would be much easier AND more useful to know.

Man you're missing the point...

[WereCat]

uhh

 

THATS CLEVER

 

do  they also need labels to carry the warning "may contain food inside" too?

Reminds me of something that is on the box of milk I have in fridge... Milk - Warning! Contains milk!