[CH] G.E. Foods
Blake Olson (blakeo@flash.net)
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:07:32 -0600
>People seem to think that nature, left on it's own, generates fewer poisons
>than man (deliberately). This has been what has led to the popularity of
>"whole foods", which is just an acronism for foods which occur, more or
>less. without intervention from man. There are good and bad in each
>category.
>
>Dismissing a new technology, just because you don't understand it, is bad
>for everyone.
>
>Mark
Hear! Hear!
Genetically engineered foods must be approached on an individual
basis. G.E. corn which kills monarch butterflies does not necessarily
harm humans in any way. That doesn't mean we should stop eating it. It
means we should probably stop growing it.
Genetic engineering for the most part, however, is just speeded up
evolution. The foods should be thoroughly tested but the vast majority
of the traits engineered into the foods are utterly benign. Some are
beneficial to humans. Most are for the benefit of higher yields and
cheaper production costs. Some are even to produce medicines that would
be terribly expensive if produced any other way.
It disturbs me when people with virtually zero scientific knowledge
fly into high dudgeon at the mere mention of a scientific process they
don't understand in the slightest.
Blake in San Antonio