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On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 03:36:25PM +0100, Karen McAtamney wrote: >What's the problem with GM foods? (in >terms of health - indeed, arguably they are healtier, since fewer >pesticides etc will need to be used on them). Technically: monoculture, and pollen-borne transplanting of altered genes into other species (such as nearby weeds). (Why, do you suppose, did the American companies that developed these things insist on doing their field (literally) tests outside the USA?) As for health, well, that depends - corn engineered to be more sugary isn't going to be healthier than anything much... >The problem isn't the supermarkets themselves, the problem is what people >are choosing to buy in them. If you're going to buy pre-packaged snack food >then the chances are that it's going to contain specifically added >chemicals. On the other hand, people are stupid and will mostly buy what they're told to buy. Google "turkey twizzlers" for some of the recent discussion on this subject - one repeated theme is "yes, we know it's crap, but the kiddies will eat it without making a fuss". RThere's stuff above here
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