11-18-2008, 09:22 AM
"GMO is a modern way of applying an ancient technique"
Sorry Rbakker, there is no such ancient technique for intentionally
forcing foriegn genes or DNA into a cell by forcing it through the membrane. This is done in Biotechnology for GMOs by a number of means but one of the most common is by inserting a viral or bacterial gene capable of infiltrating the cell membrane. A cell will naturally reject foriegn genes as a self defense mechanism. When a cell is infiltrated and/or mutated we get things like cancer and/or other unpredictabe outcomes.
In nature a cell has the ability to reject what, in GMOs is forced upon it. This has many unknown and dangerous potential side effects that even the top scientists cannot predict.
" Nobody is forced to sell their crops, they can grow whatever they want"
Again Rbakker, once these organisms are released into the wild their is little to nothing we or any scientists can currently do to reverse or recall that organism and its effects on the environment.
The implications of this fact are truley alrarming. This is not fear mongering, this is the reality. It is not a threat, it has already happened. Farmers have already lost not only thier varieties of crops through contamination, but in fact thier entire farm due to litigation based on "unintentional" cross pollination. So when you say "farmers won't get sued if a small percentage of thier crop is GMO"; you sir not only do not represent any GMO company, but tell your words to those farmers who have already lost thiers to companies like Monsanto.