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Interesting. but uninformed in many places.
As mentioned, Jelly lacks bacteria because it is boiled. Secondly, because it is free of GMOs it is guaranteed not to have any Bt...which is strains of bacteria DNA. Technology such as Bt has not been around long enough to understand the problems with it. Ecosystems take some time to react, so results maynot be evident for a while. Also, lots of the concern is over the ability to copyright genetic sequences. U.S. courts have upheld the copyright, so that when the owners of the copyright still own that genetic sequence even if genetic drift occurs (i.e. when pollen from GE crops pollenates other crops, possibly belonging to other individuals). A farmer cannont replant that infected crop, because the copyright owner still owns that genetic sequence. Finally, GE promotes genetic hemogeny, so if some blight or disaster were to happen that affected a particular strain of a crop massive amounts of crops would be destroyed and (greater worldwide) starvation would occur. Many of the GMOs modified genes are dominate alleles, so they spread very effectively. Genetic diversity is important for the safety of future crops, and until there is conclusive evidence that GMOs have no problems.
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Interesting. but uninformed in many places. As mentioned, Jelly lacks bacteria because it is boiled. Secondly, because it is free of GMOs it is guaranteed not to have any Bt...which is strains of bacteria DNA. Technology such as Bt has not been around long enough to understand the problems with it. Ecosystems take some time to react, so results maynot be evident for a while. Also, lots of the concern is over the ability to copyright genetic sequences. U.S. courts have upheld the copyright, so that when the owners of the copyright still own that genetic sequence even if genetic drift occurs (i.e. when pollen from GE crops pollenates other crops, possibly belonging to other individuals). A farmer cannont replant that infected crop, because the copyright owner still owns that genetic sequence. Finally, GE promotes genetic hemogeny, so if some blight or disaster were to happen that affected a particular strain of a crop massive amounts of crops would be destroyed and (greater worldwide) starvation would occur. Many of the GMOs modified genes are dominate alleles, so they spread very effectively. Genetic diversity is important for the safety of future crops, and until there is conclusive evidence that GMOs have no problems.