What is the big deal with genetically modified (GM) foods?
In my mind, the biggest problem with GM foods/crops is that we can’t control where that pollen goes, so we can’t control or even begin to foresee what the consequences might be. As a biology teacher, I am well aware of the benefits science has provided for the human species, but sometimes I think that we are a bit like the toddler who has started to walk but doesn’t yet have enough sense to handle themselves. So they hurry when they should slow down, fall down and clonk their heads on the furniture, run down the stairs or into the street. We learn how to do something and then we rush to use it before we have really had time to consider the effects. Even then, we can’t possible know the longterm effects of anything until a long time has passed. So we end up doing a big experiment on the only world we have to live in. Not sure what the answer is, but I do think it is a worrisome dilemma. Edit: And as a response to the first answerer above me, I must be one of the liberal crackpots becaus
I thought to cut shot it. But later i thought it would be better to give you the entire article… Here is the link below. Thats a good Question…… Happy Halloween Dude ………….. Bye. ……………………. Genetically Modified Food Products Monday 22 February 1999 Summary: There are heated debates going on around the world at the moment about genetically modified food products. Rae Fry looks at what’s happening here in Australia. ————————————–… Norman Swan: Welcome to the program. Today on The Health Report, what it takes to live to be 100. You too could have a photograph taken of you with six generations of your family. What is it that centenarians have in common, apart from good genes? It’s psychological, and you’ll find out more soon. And, the food that may or may not get you that far. Last week in Britain, there was an uproar engineered by the environmental lobby over what are called genetically modified foods. Over the weekend our papers were f
It’s the same liberal crackpots who believe the global warming nonsense that are afraid of scientifically improved food. They say the corn given to the Pilgrims by the Indians wouldn’t be recognizable today. It’s been modified and improved so many times in 400 years, it’s now far superior. Man has been genetically modifying food for thousands of years. It’s just that now, he’s found a shortcut.
