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Publicly Funded GMO Research Facing Destruction In Italy
ChromeAeonium writes "Shortly after the events in Rothamsted Research in the UK, where a publicly funded trial of wheat genetically engineered to repel aphids was threatened by activists with destruction and required police protection, another publicly funded experiment involving genetically engineered crops faces possible destruction (original in Italian). The trial, which is being conducted by researchers at the University of Tuscia in Italy on cherries, olives, and kiwis genetically engineered to have traits such as fungal disease resistance, started three decades ago. When field research of GE plants was banned in Italy in 2002, the trial received an extension to avoid being declared illegal, but was denied another in 2008, and following a complaint from the Genetic Rights Foundation, now faces destruction on June 12th, despite appeals from scientists. The researchers claim that the destruction is scientifically unjustifiable (only the male kiwis produce transgenic pollen and their flowers are removed) and wish to gather more information from the long running experiment."
Nooo..and BTW mods that is NOT insightful, because its as ridiculous as saying "People have been having babies forever, so clones aren't a big deal". Wrong it IS a big deal, because you can cross breed until the cows come home but there is NO WAY you are gonna get a fricking starfish and a strawberry to cross breed but that is EXACTLY the kind of shit they've been pulling with GMOs!
They have plants mixed with fish, insects, all the breeding in the world would never allow that to happen! And what is worse is they use what is known as the "shotgun method" where strands of DNA are shot into cultures of what you want to mix it with. that means that even with a "successful" GMO there is dozens to hundreds of foreign genes inside the plant that are simply not turned on. While this sounds fine in theory, frankly we have ZERO idea what those extra strands of alien DNA are gonna do long term. They can cause mutations in the plant, they could turn into something that causes problems with those that eat it, frankly they have NO CLUE what this shit is gonna do long term.
So either you are being obtuse on purpose or you haven't actually looked into GMOs, because we aren't talking mixing different breeds here, or even different kinds of plants. We are talking fish, insect, mammal, you name it they're mixing it. This isn't even covering the social implications, like how are Muslims and Jews gonna even eat when they can't tell if a plant is Kosher or Haram because who the hell knows what all has been mixed in. Could be bug, could be cow, could be fish, who the fuck knows. hell i doubt one could even be a vegetarian as your plants will have meat in it!
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
I'm not a Luddite either.
Yeah, you are. Own it.