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Re: Hazards of Genetic Engineering: Resources
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"Mike Asher" <masher@tusc.net> writes:
> Joe Toth <jtoth@fairfield.com> wrote:
> > Please check out the Natural Law Party's latest press release on this
> subject--
> > "Genetically Engineered Foods are Becoming Hot Political Issue"--at the
> Natural
> > Law Party web site: http://www.natural-law.org where you may also link
> to the
> > following articles:
> >
> I pulled this off the Natural Law website. Truly, I never expected them to
> take such a Luddite, fear-mongering position:
> "When genetic engineers play around with the most intimate structures of
> natural organisms, their genetic blueprints, their actions are as dangerous
> as those of nuclear physicists, when they rip apart the finest subatomic
> structures of the atom which lead to the potential for nuclear destruction.
> Although the poisonous effects of genetic engineering on our food and
> environment are creeping and silent, the destruction to life that they are
> bringing will, in the long run, be like a biological nuclear blast."
> Talk about yellow journalism! More on this later.
I'm inclined to agree that this is a bit extreme. Like all
technologies, it can be used for good or ill. Some medical uses could
well be for good. Monsanto and CalGene's uses are for profit - not a
good way to ensure a safe and sustainable future.
There's a good series of articles about Monsanto's Roundup Ready
soybeans in 'The Food Magazine', tel. (UK) +44 171 628 7774.
--
Bry Lynas
Science writer; Science Correspondent for OneWorld Online
<http://www.oneworld.org/>
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