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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

the genes were modified, were they not?

sounds to me like whatever rules there are for the definition of GM 
need to be more common sense and less legalese

~ian


On Jun 24, 2004, at 11:14 AM, Michael Best wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Meyer [mailto:ianmeyer AT mac.com]
> >
> > yeah, a rule like, if you say is isn't GM, then it can't be GM.
>
> Regarding herbicide resistance, I remember reading an article about 
> some of
> the different cases of this.  Apparently, in one case, the company used
> radiation to randomly alter DNA in seeds and then tested the resulting
> plants for herbicide resistance.  After many tries they found what they
> wanted.  Because of the method used, this particular plant was not
> considered genetically modified.
>
> -- Michael Best
>
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