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Old 06-10-2003, 06:42 AM
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Default A Danger to the World's Food: Genetic Engineering and the EconomicInterests of the Life Science

Bob Hobden writes

We are back to that Parsley that flowered and contaminated the wild parsley
growing nearby. Should that have been allowed out of the Lab? I don't think
so, not with a wild plant nearby able to cross with the GM plant.
It was an accident they said, it shouldn't have been allowed to flower they
said, well who the hell was in control of that experiment, GM scientists!
Fills me with confidence regarding their abilities.


I am not familiar with this particular event.
Perhaps you could detail who did the work and what genes were
transferred.

Interesting comment! Don't forget big business here too, or have you
conveniently forgotten who is controlling most of the GM science and why.


Big deal. The car manufacturers 'control' cars, electronics
manufacturers 'control' electronics and drug manufacturers 'control'
drugs. The seed manufacturers get their patents and copyrights ripped
off by 2nd and 3rd world farmers within 12 months.


Interesting that last point, again it confirms my opinion that it's too soon
to be in use, this time because legal controls on use obviously aren't
working in some countries.


The tough. US or EU laws do not apply in other countries and they will
go their own way no matter what the US or EU thinks. Of course if you
want GM work to move to india or china (as it increasingly is) where
there are very few controls, then carry on banning it and so giving the
other countries a free rein to do what they like without fear of
competition.

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