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Why the fear of GM Crops?
Jerry wrote: wrote in message ... Oz wrote: Jerry writes I hear and read that the European Union has safety concerns about growing genetically modified crops and the food produced from them. But I never hear details. So here is the question. What are the SPECIFIC fears of the European Union in regard to genetically modified crops? 1) A paranoid population. (really) a population that got bitten by the mad cow and the blood supply tainted with aids while the "scientist" assure the paranoid population that it was all in their minds. Neither was created by genetic engineering, but both might by cured by it. engineering is what got the UK in the mad cow trouble. engineering food protein efficiencies that looked great in paper! engineering is what happens to the space shuttle. engineering is based on trial, error, redisign, trial, error, .... Some aspects of our lifes are not suitable to engineering. 2) A useful trade blocking mechanism. Patents on life and artificially low government guaranteed farm loans are also useful US trade mechanisms. The other side is not going to sit and say ok hit me. Somebody help me out here. But I don't think patents are a U.S. invention. Hence, it isn't fair to fling that mud on the U.S. Most every country uses them. somebody help you. A patent on life is not legally feasible because life has already been created. somebody help you! You are using hyperbole. You are really talking about patents on specific, man made (not naturally occurring)cultivars. And it would be stupid to use a patent as a trade blocking mechanism. To be profitable, one would need their patented product traded liberally so as to reap liscensing revenue. I'm guessing you think patenting living organisms is evil. Can patenting medicines be much different. Yet it is an acceptable practice in most of the world. There would be few new drugs developed if patents weren't available to enable a reasonable return on investment. two words deflate your argument: generic drugs. on top of that most of drug development is done by state funded univiersities, and what the pharmaceutical industry waves as 'research' is "market research" (advertisement!) Please, please, someone, help him! How about patenting words or music. Is that any less evil than patenting a crop? Yet nearly every nation has copy right laws to protect their authors,journalists and musicians. Someone help him with the difference between copyright and patent. Low interest loans? Can't argue that one. That has been used to manipulate supplys and keep prices at the break even level for years. It is probably more of a producer control issue than marketing strategy on our government's part. |
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