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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Svar: Re: Svar: Re: Genetic Glass Ceiling
  • Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:36:58 -0500

Thomas Paul Jahn wrote:

But what is really a concern is the fact that Agros can infect human cells.
And genetically modified Agros (GMOs) can potentially do the unforseen.

Pretty scary and a god reason to err on the side of caution and scrupulously avoid taking any risks whatsoever with gmo's in food and possibly in other products.. Then there is also the issue of nanoparticles, used in some cases to deliver substances, i.e. theraputic agents, to the body and the fact they can become airborne, case in point microparticle of toxic waste, i.e. heavy metals, incorporated in filtered, i.e. scrubbed, power plant smoke using newer, more efficient and effective technologies, currently in place at some coal burning power plants around the world (this from an old NPR interview I heard).

The implications then are even much much broader than just in the commercialization of GMO crops. The devil then is in all the laboratories using Acrobacterium induced transformation all over the world. As agrobacterium induced transformation is a tool for basic research, it will continue to be employed, regardless the commercial interest.

Didn't you mean to say "with considerable commercial interest the profit motive dominates yet again over assessment and consideration of any risks to public health and safety".

And because these organisms escape from the laboratory.....

Why should that be allowed? Who gives these people permission to be so utterly irresponsible?

Everybody working in labs knows that there is no waterrproofed precautions to prevent that.

They should not be doing any of that research or product development if they cannot be assured of complete safety for themselves and the public
with their experiments.

"I won't be fooled again" - The Who.

LL




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