Mind you, I think that things like Bt have a lot of promise. I strongly disagree with genetically engineer a plant to be resistant to a brand of herbicide as Monsanto is doing with Roundup. On the other hand, promoting naturally occurring resistance to pests that has popped up in one species in another species could be beneficial. I just think that we need to be very careful and go very slowly in this area so that we get it right and don't get bit in the ass when a bunch of these alterations are out in the world interbreeding with non-transgenic plants. These sort of decisions aren't ones we can easily just walk back, so I think it behooves us to take a more conservative stance on moving forward than what would be preferred by Monsanto and ADM.
Cheers, Judah On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I guess you're right, mostly. GM crops are primarily in the US. The > rice strains I was thinking of were modified the old fashioned way. > > -Camer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315700 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
