On the eve of the 15-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks , Stein called for " a comprehensive and independent inquiry into the attacks , " saying that the '' 9/11 Commission Report '' contained many " omissions and distortions . " The next day , she said : " I think I would not have assassinated Osama bin Laden but would have captured him and brought him to trial . " After the death of Cuban former communist leader Fidel Castro , Stein tweeted that " Fidel Castro was a symbol of the struggle for justice in the shadow of empire . " Stein supports GMO labeling , a moratorium on new GMOs , and the phasing out of existing GMO foods , unless independent research " shows decisively that GMOs are not harmful to human health or ecosystems " . Speaking of the health effects of foods derived from GM crops , she has said : " And I can tell you as a physician with special interest and long history in environmental health , the quality of studies that we have are not what you need . We should have a moratorium until they are proven safe , and they have not been proven safe in the way that they are used . " Commentators have criticized Stein 's statements about GMOs , writing that they contradict the scientific consensus , which is that existing GM foods are no less safe than foods made from conventional crops . Among the critics was Jordan Weissmann , '' Slate '' 's business and economics editor , who wrote in July 2016 : " Never mind that scientists have studied GMOs extensively and found no signs of danger to human health — Stein would like medical researchers to prove a negative . " In '' Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging '' ( 2008 ) , Stein concludes her section on pesticides by saying : " M any but not all studies find that acute high-dose and chronic lower-dose occupational exposures to some neurotoxic pesticides are linked to an increased risk of cognitive decline , dementia or Alzheimer 's disease . " In 2000 , Stein and her coauthors wrote , " Twenty million American children five and under eat an average of eight pesticides every day through food consumption . Thirty-seven pesticides registered for use on foods are neurotoxic organophosphate insecticides , chemically related to more toxic nerve warfare agent developed earlier this century . " They further noted the ubiquity of these pesticides in the home and at schools , citing Schettler '' et al. '' for the claim that " The trend is toward increasingly common exposures to organophosphates . For example , chlorpyrifos detections in urine increased more than tenfold from 1980 to 1990 . " In a question-and-answer session , Stein voiced concern about wireless internet ( Wi-Fi ) in schools , saying , " We should not be subjecting kids ' brains especially to that ... and we do n't follow this issue in our country , but in Europe , where they do , you know , they have good precautions about wireless . Maybe not good enough , you know . It 's very hard to study this stuff . You know , we make guinea pigs out of whole populations and then we discover how many die . " According to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , " no adverse health effects are expected from exposure to Wi-Fi " . Stein later said , " take precautions about how much we expose young children to WiFi and cellphones until we know more about the long-term health effects of this type of low-level radiation . " In an interview with the '' Los Angeles Times '' editorial board , Stein clarified that her statements on Wi-Fi were " not a policy statement " and that attention to her statement on Wi-Fi was " a sign of a gotcha political system "
September 11 attacks
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Jill Stein