Even in an era of legislative gridlock, politics can sometimes produce surprisingly excellent solutions. The U.S. Senate has just passed a GMO labeling bill through meticulous political chiseling, one that is remarkably tolerable.

I never thought that I could be impressed with a law that mandates GMO labeling. GMOs—foods produced from crops that are genetically modified with the aid of biotechnological science—are enormously beneficial to society. They increase food production, improve public health traits of food, reduce environmental harm—all without any documented negative side effect. TheNational Academy of Science and a recent letter by 107 Nobel scientists confirm these sweeping statements.

If GMOs are so beneficial, then why should they be labeled? Labeling advocates rehearse their “right to know” but, as I argued elsewhere, the underlying agenda of GMO labelists is to prey on people’s ignorance and irrational fears. Most consumers do not know about the benefits of GMOs and are misled to think that this food is potentially dangerous. Anti-GMO campaigns have managed to instill a psychology of disgust towards foods from GMO crops. The goal of anti-GMO activists is to exploit this state of misinformation and eventually decrease GMO agriculture. It is cynical to title such policy as right-to-know.

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