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Simpsons Fan Creates Real Tomacco Plant

Posted by simoniker on from the mu-hey-mu-hey dept.

An anonymous reader writes "So, according to a KPTV newscast, a Simpsons fan with too much time on his hands grafted a tobacco plant and a tomato plant and, ta-da: tomacco! Leaves and most likely the fruit (yes, tomato is a fruit technically) contain nicotine. Delicious AND deadly!" Simpsonschannel.com has a small news piece on the breakthrough, but in a Frink-like move, although scientists have found "nicotine in the leaves", it turns out "the lab hasn't tested if the actual tomato has nicotine in it yet, but they say it probably does."

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  1. Tomacco by MeanMF · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's just wrong.

  2. STOP GM FOODS NOW!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm so mad that I'm fuming!! Yet another example of science gone awry. I hope to god this doesn't happen, but I have a feeling that I'll be reading a story soon about how this "tomacco" plant has been found growing in the wild, after some seeds escaped from the lab. All of our tomato crops are at risk!! I believe this is the GM plant to be modified with a known poison. How many others currently on the market will be found to be poisonous?? They certainly aren't tested.