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Scotts Testing Genetically Modified Grass

Caseyscrib writes "There is an article on Yahoo! News that talks about how Scotts is testing a genetically modified version of creeping bentgrass, popular on golf course greens and fairways, that will be resistant to a common weed-killing chemical. Environmentalists have long opposed bioengineered crops of any kind, and fear that '...if it was to escape onto public land, we wouldn't know how to control it.' It is now in the final stages of approval."

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  1. MacOS das Reich! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Use MacOS and think different.

  2. Hitler had a nice haircut by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Very professional looking.

  3. Re:Just because we can by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SLASHDOTTERS ARE FUCKING IDIOTS!!!

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  4. Re:How to control it... by lambent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you watch Penn & Teller's Bullshit, too?

  5. Re:Have we learned nothing from Star Trek?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thats the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard.

  6. OGM FRIST PSOT!!11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    !!!1

  7. Re:Un-american? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    People like you should be neutered.

  8. Re:How to control it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So that's how the rabbits were introduced to Australia. And all this time I was blaming the settlers, when it was the wind all along!

  9. Re:Un-american? by snarkh · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    I am sorry but your comment is un-American.

  10. Yahoo... by Lorean · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yahoo! your number one source for authentic news!

  11. Re:Un-american? by entrigant · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As an american, I am. However in this day and age a person like me who doesn't support bush, the war in iraq, big business, and condones personal privacy and freedom.. I've been called unamerican so many times I've quite frankly become desensitized to it.