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Dodging the Negative Reaction To GE Crops
BINC writes "Wired has an article up today entitled 'Selective Breeding Gets Modern.'" From the article: "Genetically modified food has gotten a chilly reception from consumers, especially in Europe and Asia. Just last week, Japan suspended imports of American long-grain rice after authorities discovered that a genetically modified variety had accidentally mixed with conventional rice. To skirt such problems altogether, biotech companies are creating superior plants using genetics technology that is advanced but which falls short of grafting genes from one organism into another."
I dunno. There are some legitimate complaints regarding GM crops contaminating existing ecosystems. But mostly it's just a bunch of asshole science-fearing luddites.
How about just wanting to lead a healthy 100% natural life eating food grown by selection: 100% open source.
I don't want propriety food tyvm.
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I as an European and as an Finn have never understood why we don't have GE foods in Europe too. In my view and opinion common people are not against nor supporting GE-food, they just don't care. The real reason why we don't have GE-foods in stores is more todo with alarmist greens and politicians afraid of changing anything, which can be easily be translated into anti-technology and anti-change...
I think we should allow GE-food, of course it should be labeled to it, and let the markets, that is consumers , to decide... atleast the markets usually get end in to a rational conclusion versus the politicians. If I remember correctly, a few years ago there was an African country which had hunger-epidemic going on and the US offered to help them, the help was refused because american help was GE-food. I just can't understand their rational, is it really better to let people die in hunger, than to accept GE-food that most likely would not cause no health problems? Or if it would, if it would cause few or hundres to die, it still would have been better than not to accept it...
Oh well... people are stupid... can't help it, can't fight it, just have to accept it.
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Yes, how about that. Get back to me when you are naked, living in the forest, gathering fruits and berries for food.
Way to have a rational, logical discussion. I'm impressed.