Kim slaps down GMO ban

[james weatherford]

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Originally posted by rbakker

"Please elaborate with credible information and references."

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Hu...food.shtml

Farmers and breeders have always looked for beneficial traits amongst their crops and herds and promoted their spread in the population by favoring the individuals holding those traits.
GMO is a modern and more efficient way of promoting beneficial traits.

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What GMO does that 'traditional breeding' does not do is take genes from other species, from other genera, and even from other kingdoms (i.e., from animal kingdom to plant kingdom).
It is not comparable to selection within a species, as has indeed been done for centuries.

James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park