SC - Evolution of food-genetics of food
CorwynWdwd at aol.com
CorwynWdwd at aol.com
Sun Mar 19 05:06:45 PST 2000
We will have to agree to disagree on this one My Friend.
It's not that I am anti-progress, or even anti-biotec, but we differ on what
is an acceptable risk. Given what we've done in the past with such wonders as
DEET and DDT I tend to urge a little more caution. Certainly I can say the
truth lies somewhere in the middle.
My chief objection to GM foods is that there is still a lot of resistance to
labeling them as such. In a country that has come all too close to banning
the use of certain very useful herbs (that happen to be unpatentable btw) I
find this very odd behavior.
I also don't like the idea of designing food crops that grow only where you
use the company of origin's fertilizer and other modified seeds that produce
sterile seeds. I worry, perhaps with little actual grounding, or perhaps
wisely, that the pollen from these crops might cause a problem with other
seed crops.
I also don't like food crops, such as this corn, that give bugs the
equivalent of leaky bowel syndrome being unlabeled on the market. Certainly
no immediate risk has been found, but I intend to eat corn for as long as I
can, will this eventually get to me too? They also modify food crops to be
resistant to Roundup ... of course, nobody seems to have checked yet to see
how much the plant absorbs into it's cells. I'd think this might be an area
of concern for me.
Certainly, tests are required, and certainly, given the litigious nature of
our culture, companies are going to take steps to insure safety to their
satisfaction. The key phrase is to their satisfaction. I spent ten years in
advertising, and I know that particular beast. All I want, nay, require, is
that they tell me what it is I'm eating. That is the bottom line. It would be
nice if they'd be more careful about dancing on the edge of causing famine
too, but I figure eventually the earth may just shake us off like a bad virus
anyway, so what the heck... If you disagree I can live with that. If you
think the cautionary notes are just some sort of Luddite naysaying I can live
with that. But I cannot live with the ability for me to make a choice to be
blocked in such a fashion. Let the market decide.
Yours in friendship
Corwyn
In a message dated 3/18/2000 11:47:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,
LrdRas at aol.com writes:
> Therefore, I find this study to be
> sensationalist and without any valid grounds barring further information
> including a transcript of the entire study and the basis for the
pronounced
> 'problems'.
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