Inevitable surprises: France finally figures out that genetically-modified corn is not a threat

For years now, the Europeans have been throwing a policy fit over allowing genetically-modified food to be sold in their markets, citing particularly the potential health risk. And for years, this policy has been supported by a near-total lack of evidence about how people were actually being harmed by GM food.

I mean really, who do you know who has been definitively harmed by genetically-modified corn, which is sold around the world? I know a ton of people harmed by bacon cheeseburgers, vodka, and cigarettes – specifically an overdose of those products – but my doctor has never freaked out about GM corn.

Some of us macro-economic suspicious types have believed that maybe – just maybe – Europe was protecting its agricultural markets from international competitors, a purely defensive move, and that this was a convenient cover story.

And today, the inevitable surprise has arrived: France is circulating a report definitely stating that they cannot find human harm from GM corn.

I have no evidence either way to support or refute either claim. Which is the point here.