Since the late '80s, the FDA has promoted the principle of 'substantial equivalence,' which says genetic engineering is essentially the same as standard breeding. An even more disturbing problem, he says, is the outcry from genetic engineering researchers that they are being held to a higher standard than standard breeders. They're talking about something they are trying to feed us. In fact, Dundon points out, the genetically engineered food industry claims theirs are the most thoroughly tested foods. Yet there are no required tests for standard crops.
Nothing is science until the scientific community says it is.
Modern science has come as far as it has because research groups have pursued both sides of a scientific paradigm by conducting experiments. If they were on the wrong track it would be obvious because the experiments would break down.