Direct link to response: https://assets.ctfassets.net/hhv516v5f7sj/77NQsg1qDb6d9Hi4PB...
Thanks. We've changed the URL to that from https://www.care2.com/causes/impossible-foods-responds-to-gl... (which is a banned site on HN incidentally).
Impossible Foods Responds to Glyphosate Allegation
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Re: Impossible Foods Responds to Glyphosate Allegation
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> Going from one extreme to another is never the answer. Why not?
Because humans are adaptable omnivores, who can survive if not thrive with just either plants or animals (cf. Carnivory diet). But most food are cultural specific, and it'd be a shame to lose most of it. To be honest, I'm one of those waiting for my promised future superalgae and Euglina's food pills, so...
You say it'd be a shame to lost most of the cultural foods that use meat, but you want food pills?
I think meat substitutes like the Impossible Burger are more likely to preserve cultural heritage in food than a meal replacement, personally.
Re: Impossible Foods Responds to Glyphosate Allegation
#63WARNING: This site redirected to a scam adloader. Consider using a mirror instead.
We've since changed the URL.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
They also came from farmers who were using glyphosate solutions that included many other chemicals, and no doubt came into contact with a variety of other pesticides. A direct link between glyphosate and actual illness has not been established.
>has not been established Then why are lawsuits that claim those links have been established winning regularly in courts now?
Convincing 12 random jurors of something isn't necessarily the same thing as convincing scientific experts.
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That was the first thought I had when I saw the title of the organization "Moms Across America". Sounds like it was named by a corporate team of lawyers, PR and Marketing professionals for politically charged yet monetarily motivated attacks against "ankle biter" companies.
That grocers' apostrophe isn't in the group's real name.
Thanks. I'm terrible with apostrophes in grammar. Pretty sure it's just a muscle memory thing, haha.
Re: Impossible Foods Responds to Glyphosate Allegation
#66Why do they even bother answering allegations? If the other group believes whatever they believe in, any answer or evidence will only bolster their claims because they are already way into the pseudoscience camp. I don't like the taste of it but by golly I am going to support these new fangled vegan stuff: they are doing the right thing. Without GMOs a billion people in India will not be alive today. So let's not giv…
Unfortunately, reason isn't at play here. It would take just a fraction of customers for the restaurant chains, supplied by Impossible Foods, to express fear of the burger's contents to cause chains to drop them. Large corporations are notoriously risk-averse. Even if people in the companies believe it's complete nonsense they aren't going to gainsay customers' fears.
Impossible Foods isn't in a financial position to have the restaurant chains pull out. So they're trying to "take control of the narrative". It was an absolutely fantastic response. They kept it factual, with a bit of sarcasm, and turned the light on the "mom's group". Kudos to whomever thought up the strategy and wrote the response.
Re: Impossible Foods Responds to Glyphosate Allegation
#67Direct link to response: https://assets.ctfassets.net/hhv516v5f7sj/77NQsg1qDb6d9Hi4PB...
Thanks. We've changed the URL to that from https://www.care2.com/causes/impossible-foods-responds-to-gl... (which is a banned site on HN incidentally).
So it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=care2.com
Interesting.
Re: Impossible Foods Responds to Glyphosate Allegation
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
They also came from farmers who were using glyphosate solutions that included many other chemicals, and no doubt came into contact with a variety of other pesticides. A direct link between glyphosate and actual illness has not been established.
>has not been established Then why are lawsuits that claim those links have been established winning regularly in courts now?
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If this is really interesting enough to discuss on HN, the story should link directly here, not to the blogspammed version on Care2. The actual Impossible Foods response is savage and sort of entertaining. I'm not a fan of Impossible but my respect for them went up a notch after reading this.
> I'm not a fan of Impossible Do you have anything written up on why? I haven't heard anyone say that yet.
I'm not that poster but I am not a fan of Impossible Burgers because they're weird vegetable patties. That said you can eat what you want, but I agree that this company won me over today, politically at least. I doubt I'll try their burger.
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I wouldn't discount glyphosate just because Moms Across America is a radical or delusional organization. I don't care about teams or taking sides. All I care about is my health. If Glyphosate is safe, there needs to be a lot of experimental evidence supporting that conclusion.
Glyphosate has been in use since the mid 70s, or just under 50 years, and it has been studied by nearly every health organization in the world. There is ample evidence that it is safe.
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