From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Are GM crops killing honeybees?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:34:45 -0500
It could be the pollen of my neighbors' BT corn that killed them.
This is obviously a question that needs to be taken seriously, but I
doubt that we have real evidence to conclude anything much just yet. The
whole subject of GM crops arouses intense passion, something like
nuclear power. Some people are "anti" and will always believe the worst;
some people are "pro" and will always believe the best. Both sides may
well leap to conclusions on the slenderest of evidence, while the rest
of us don't have a clue what to believe (I definitely include myself in
this group!).
In any case, I'm sure we all believe that this is a serious concern, and
that we need to be careful with GM crops. The difficulty is in the
details - how much and what kind of research is needed, how much
evidence is enough, how can we be reasonably confident (there are never
any guarantees) that something won't sneak up and bite us on the butt? I
doubt very much that we can settle that here, and I wonder if we should
even debate it. As I say, the whole subject tends to arouse intense
passions.
Well, one thing I AM sure of is that everyone here is concerned about
the health of our planet, whether or not we entirely agree about every
little detail.
Bill
--
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did
succeed in making those idiots understand their language. - Mark Twain
Re: [NAFEX] Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?
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