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byDoches ( 761288 ) writes:
If it's going to damage my liver, I'm switching to scotch. I'm sorry, Jack, but I just can't take the chance...
bysnowgirl ( 978879 ) * writes:
If it's going to damage my liver, I'm switching to scotch. I'm sorry, Jack, but I just can't take the chance...
Unfortunately, your scotch and bourbon is likely fortified with a corn product.
The kind of "duh" think that I'm thinking about here is that, if this corn produces these insecticide-like chemicals, one should have to show that it is non-toxic in humans...
One could feasibly find a way to splice in genes that would make the product lethal to humans... so if you're "adding" something to the corn, it should be controlled the same as any other food additive.
Although, people wishing to avoid all GM foods, corn its
byWonko the Sane ( 25252 ) * writes:
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The kind of "duh" think that I'm thinking about here is that, if this corn produces these insecticide-like chemicals, one should have to show that it is non-toxic in humans...
That's the key: the problem is not the fact that this plant was genetically modified, but rather the specific proteins that it was engineered to produce.
This distinction will be lost on millions of reactionaries.
byArcherB ( 796902 ) writes:
That's the key: the problem is not the fact that this plant was genetically modified, but rather the specific proteins that it was engineered to produce.
This distinction will be lost on millions of reactionaries.
Sad that this was modded down because, unfortunately, it's true. The call will be "GM food kills", not "research has shown that some proteins that can be grown in highly modified corn caused organ damage in laboratory rats."
Actually, it sounds like the system worked to me.
bymary_will_grow ( 466638 ) writes:
So "The System Worked", uhh, how?
1. If you RTFA you'd see that Greenpeace lawyers had to go to great lengths and fight a mess of court battles to get at the data that shows this problem.
2. This corn is out in the food supply, and its not impossible that cross-pollination/etc is causing it to spread to other food sources.
3. I have no way of determining in the supermarket if either of these 3 varieties, or varieties which include these proteins, are present in the package of corn I'm about to buy.
You GM fa
byAzghoul ( 25786 ) writes:
"This is _exactly_ what we feared would happen."
And what "_exactly_" is that, exactly? Do you really think they want to kill humans?
byTeXMaster ( 593524 ) writes:
"This is _exactly_ what we feared would happen."
And what "_exactly_" is that, exactly? Do you really think they want to kill humans?
It's more like they don't care, to the point of criminally trying to withold the information that proves that their products are health hazards.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
"They" can't care -- they are are a legal construct, the Immortal, Soulless Corporation.
byTeXMaster ( 593524 ) writes:
"They" can't care -- they are are a legal construct, the Immortal, Soulless Corporation.
Uh, no, they are the human beings taking the decisions and ultimately responsible for _everything_ enacted by the company they manage.
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