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  • From: Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Genetically modified foods - (was fahrenheit911, at a theater near you!)
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:20:40 -0400


On Jun 23, 2004, at 10:13 AM, Jeremy Portzer wrote:

On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 09:58, Shea Tisdale wrote:

The actual truth is that probably 95% of the foods we eat are genetically
modified. They have been for hundreds of years through importation,
selective breading, and hybridization. These forms of genetic manipulation
haven't been regarded as "bad" as has the more direct genetic manipulation
now in the news.

Good point. And modern, 'artificial' genetic modification is much more
exact than traditional selective breeding/hybridization. Scientists can
now change just one gene at a time (e.g. the roundup resistance gene)
without having to get thousands of others in the process. Yet somehow
people are much more worried about unseen "health risks" from this,
instead of the traditional methods where THOUSANDS of unknown genes were
changed. This is the part that confuses me.

...

because those thousands of genes were already in the plants, as opposed to just inserting genes that may end up doing all kinds of unexpected weird stuff

whats really weird to me is the people against the labeling of (artifically) GM foods...

~ian






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