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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."
GM food will not solve either capitalism or the distribution system's problems.
Dead wrong. GM foods can be grown in new places (where there is hunger) so it does indeed solve the distribution system.
Considering you have a '911 truth' sig, I doubt you let facts stand in the way of your opinions however.
...what the problem is with technology that can produce vast amounts of nutritious food that can feed people who may otherwise not have access to such a resoruce?
Glad you asked!
1) Pioneer and DuPont (big GE machines) have both been found in violation of EPA "safe planting" regulations
2) GE companies do not disclose to the public which genetic test are being done in local communities
3) Long term economic costs of GE are unknown
4) Leading scientists, including US Food and Drug Administration warn GE crops post unique risks to human health
5) GE organisms are alive. Once they are release, they can never be recalled
6) "Biopharmacuticals" crop that are designed to produce drugs, vaccines, or indsutrial solvents, are being tested in local communities (see 5)
7) Some GE crows produce LOWER yield and cost MORE to farmers that conventional or organic crops (not to mention farmer liability)
8) GE CROPS CONTAMINATE CONTENTIONAL OR ORGANIC CROPS
Damn, I get the heebie-jeebies just typing this out....
Horns are really just a broken halo.
Why ban usefull software, just ban the useless software patents. IP=Imaginative Property
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