Table salt is "safe," but a box of it over a short time frame will kill you. A man died in Germany (back in the 1980's) when he drank 20L of water over a 24 hour period. In the early 1900's (1903 I think) Scientific American magazine had an article stating how crazy driving an automobile was, in that, "people were sitting on a bomb.." meaning the gas tank full of gasoline.
The deeper problem is the erroneous concept of artificiality. Aristotle referred to the false idea that scientific experiments can’t be valid because they are “artificial,” that is, man made. His premise was that humans are separate from nature. Could be he saw the Earth as natural and humans as Gods. The Christian doctrine also views man as an outsider, the evil beings that screwed-up the Garden of Eden, an otherwise perfect place. I suspect these premises are the basis of the environmental movement. Everything man does is natural. Humans are natural to the earth, if humans make GMO’s, then GMO’s are a natural outcome of the actions of a naturally occurring animal that populates the earth. GMO’s are far safer than the thousands of trillions of tons of poisons plants manufacture in the “natural environment.” For the most part, the 100% natural is what we need to avoid and change. On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Jerry Frecon <je...@acnursery.com> wrote: > It is not necessary because we have good apples. If we were planting > papayas and needed disease resistant varieties to keep our planting alive > then we would plant GMO varieties as the papaya industry has. It all > comes down to risk benefit. The term safe does not imply bias but the fact > that they are safe. Good science. > > > > *Jerome L "Jerry" Frecon* > > *Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University* > > *Horticultural Consultant* > > > > *From:* apple-crop [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.com] *On > Behalf Of *Jon Clements > *Sent:* Friday, May 20, 2016 7:53 PM > *To:* apple-crop@virtualorchard.com > *Subject:* [Apple-Crop] National Academy of Sciences finds GMOs to be > 'safe' > > > > > http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/17/national-academy-of-sciences-finds-gmos-to-be-safe/ > > > > Anybody rushing out to order Arctic Apples now? Does the 'safe' in quotes > imply bias? > > > > Jon > > > > ***** > > Old: apple-c...@virtualorchard.net; New: apple-crop@virtualorchard.com > > > > -- > > Jon Clements > aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' > UMass Cold Spring Orchard > 393 Sabin St. > Belchertown, MA 01007 > 413-478-7219 > umassfruit.com > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.com > http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > >
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