Maybe we could reserve GM food for cloned folks so that the one could balance out the other.
Bill Ward On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:47:25 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Reuss) writes: > Keith Hudson wrote: > > Apparently, the GM crops concerned (sugar beet) have been modified > to be > > unsusceptible to weed-killer sprays. Because of this the farmers > have been > > able to allow weeds to grow taller than otherwise before bopping > them with > > spraying them. (Presumably, more weed seeds are given opportunity > to > > germinate and show their heads.) With more natural weed seeds > available, > > more skylarks have apparently been encouraged in the last few > years. It's a > > win-win scenario apparently. > > Guess what happens to the skylarks when the farmers are suddenly > bopping away > their food supply..? > > > > I'm dubious about this. This trumpeting on the part of Monsanto > may be pure > > propaganda. > > Of course it is, and a most absurd spin at that -- a company that > is > responsible for the mass poisoning of animals is now suddenly > playing > the Big Green. Wouldn't it be better for skylarks to return to > organic > farming instead of even more chemicals (which is Monsanto's way, > make no > mistake about that). > > > > On balance, I think environmentalists (and I write as a former > activist) > > have gone rather too overboard about GM foods. The indiscriminate > > intermixing of genes between different species of plant life has > been going > > on throughout millions of years of evolution, particularly within > the large > > continental blocks. This was certainly accelerated in the last > two > > centuries by plant collectors bringing back wild species from > isolated > > ecological niches and then by subsequent interbreeding with the > mainstream > > flora. > > Yup, the indiscriminate intermixing of GM with traditional breeding > (actually > two very different things) is another classic of Monsanto's PR... > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > aterloo.ca > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
