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Drug Making Genes Added To Corn Jump To Soya

Posted by Hemos on from the look-over-there dept.

Anonymous Cowdog writes "Google News turned up a scary item today: Apparently, genetically altered corn, designed not to repel pests or withstand bad weather, but rather to grow pharmecuticals (for diabetes and diarrhea) has been accidentally mixed with soy plants in the field, resulting in 500,000 bushels of contaminated soybeans being quarantined by the US FDA. Ooops. Here's the story, and here's another story about the same case. The company who brought us this nice event is called ProdiGene. Looks like they're also working on an edible AIDS vaccine (kinda makes sense, eat Tofu, enjoy free love!) Now, I was thinking, will our government protect us from doom-by-hand-me-down-genes? and on a hunch (honest!) I did this google search for keywords ProdiGene and "george w bush". Result? A not so reassuring article."

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  1. CRACK SMOKING EDITORS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Look dweebs, there's NOTHING in ANY of these stories about GENES FROM CORN JUMPING TO SOY. What they DO say is that some SEEDS GOT MIXED TOGETHER.

    This is EXACTLY what the anti-GM lobby loves to scream and yell about that the sky is falling, so this submitter has obviously spun the story to become anti-GM.

  2. Re:Trypsin? by Nexus7 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Quite a few things could go wrong. The stomach secretes enzymes (also HCl, IIRC from high school). They digest food while they are contained within the protective walls of the stomach, but they may well digest your mouth if they reach there somehow.

  3. In other news by hackwrench · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Militant nasty people who hate change in general declare a ban on natural mutations and new hybrids, contending that not enough is known about the "new mutants" and "half breeds" long-term safety for humans. One of them was reported as saying "We know enough about the half breeds that have been with us for some time, but these new guys, we're just not sure."

  4. Re:Bush and genetically altered corn by ShieldWolf · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What you are in fact seeing is a the president of a company that just got spanked for almost feeding genetically modified, drug-producing food to the general population (including infants) of the US getting promoted to a four-year term on a board that helps determine how ALL food is produced and the safety measures that should be in place. It also just so happens that the company is based in Texas, you know that state where the President, Vice President and the Majority Leader of the House are all from, contrary to the American Constitution?

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