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Can you honestly, ethically, and with links/sources, disprove any of the principles and facts put across in this Gary Null production on genetically-modified crops? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUd9rRSLY4A&feature=youtu.be)

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Friday, 14/03/2014 17:57

Gary Null’s self-produced, documentary-style film has been reviewed by Keith Kloor, science writer for Discover magazine. Here is an excerpt:

 

“There was a time when Gary Null, a popular alternative-health speaker and author, was the Deepak Chopra of nutrition. He’s written best-selling books (one of them about reversing the aging process) and, like Chopra, has been featured on PBS during fundraising drives. Nearing 70, Null was in the news several years ago when he sued the manufacturer of his own dietary supplement, claiming it nearly killed him.

 

“The self-help guru has had a long and interesting career. One reporter notes:

 

‘His first tome, “The Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition” [published in 1986], led to a decades-long column in Penthouse magazine, where Null railed on topics like the ineffectiveness of mainstream cancer treatment and the deadly health risks of vaccinations.’

“In the last decade, Null’s brand of quackery has given some fans pause with his trafficking in outright denialism. From Wikipedia:

‘In addition to his promotion of alternative cancer treatments, Null has argued that HIV is harmless and does not cause AIDS. In his [2002] book AIDS: A Second Opinion, Null questioned the role of antiretroviral medication and instead advocated a range of dietary supplements for HIV-positive individuals.’

“Null, as you might expect, is fiercely opposed to genetically modified foods. Indeed, “natural health” proponents are among the most fanatical opponentsof GMOs. As David Gorski at the Science-based Medicine blog has observed:

‘There’s a lot in common between anti-GMO activists and antivaccine activists. Perhaps the most prominent similarity is philosophical. Both groups fetishize the naturalistic fallacy, otherwise known as the belief that if it’s “natural” it must be good (or at least better than anything man-made or “artificial”).’”

Many of the claims in Seeds of Death are addressed on GMO Answers. If there are any specific topics discussed in the film you would like to see addressed, please let us know, either in the comments section below or by asking a new question: http://www.gmoanswers.com/ask.