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Activists Destroy Scientific GMO Experiment
Freggy writes "In Belgium, a group of activists calling themselves the Field Liberation Movement has destroyed a field which was being used for a scientific experiment with genetically modified potatoes. In spite of the presence of 60 police officers protecting the field, activists succeeded pulling out the plants and sprayed insecticides over them, ruining the experiment. The goal of the experiment was to test potato plants which are genetically modified to be resistant to potato blight. It's a sad day for the freedom of scientific research."
Odd that the scientists don't simply do their test in confined spaces. They find it acceptable to polute nearby crops and properties that does not belong to them, and which could cost the taxpayers hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars in ecological damage, just to force people to view things their way. If you want to test that shit, go test it in a country of your own. They can't prove that it's safe, that's why I have issues with it. Since this crop was still being studied, apparently they couldn't care less about it's safety, but were rather interested in testing it in spite of the damage it could do.
Actually, it is the opposite. They cow milk is know to the human race for some few 1000 years, and YET we, the human beings, are still not able to digest it! But of course, playing with the DNA of the animals and vegetables is much more safer, and predictable, right? Btw, in medicine, they have some very simple rule. DO NOT mix 2-3-4 medicine, without knowing after many many years of tests what the final result could be (and even then do it precaution), and yet you MIX the very foundation of life, the kernel if you let me say, and without knowing even the slightest side effect!!!!! Sorry boy, you are plainly 1st grade.