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Moderator’s Note: Both Oregon and Colorado are voting on citizen-initiated referendums that would require the labeling of GMO foods. Colorado’s electorate is voting on Prop 105, which I endorsed and addressed in an October 10 editorial. Oregon voters are deciding the outcome with a vote on Measure 92 . Both laws are reasonable and sensible first stepa toward insuring the right to know and the ability for consumers to make educated choices about the foods they eat.  Numerous editorials have come out in support of Oregon’s Measure 92 but Eecole Copen of Portland, Oregon, a registered dietician, has written the most compelling of these missives. Copen emphasizes the need for us to “look at the bigger picture” and this includes clearly addressing concerns about the effectiveness of the proposed law and the opponents’ unsubstantiated claims that labeling will increase the cost of food. Copen also provides an insightful analysis of the strategies being used by biotechnology corporation...

Too costly? Really!? Consumers Union Study GMO FOOD LABELING? RIGHT-TO-KNOW COST IS  $2.43  PER  PERSON A YEAR Devon G. Peña | Seattle, WA | October 4, 2014 According to a new analysis commissioned by Consumers Union (CU) the median cost to consumers of state laws requiring labeling of genetically engineered food is $2.30 per person annually. The report is available online now here .  The CU study – which includes a comprehensive annotated bibliography of studies on the economics of labeling – presents a major scientific rebuke to claims being made by the biotechnology industry. The corporate opponents of GMO labeling, including major chain grocers, have repeatedly misled the public by claiming labeling requirements will significantly increase consumer costs by hundreds and perhaps even thousands of dollars a year.   There is no reliable study proving these claims and the research most often cited by the promoters of GMO foods is produced by the agro-biotech an...