I agree. The lengths and depths monsanto and a few others are going to control and "own the planets food and seed supply is astonishing and devious to say the least. They should be broken up and the remains given some serious over sight because it just "ain't happening now'. Scenarios that once made fodder for good sci-fi are becoming reality. I am certainly not one to yell doom and gloom but this is incredably scary and insanely irresponsable.
<tallex> > -------Original Message------- > From: Chip Mefford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Agrobacterium & Morgellons Disease, A GM Connection? > Sent: 29 Sep '08 12:20 > > > > > Original very long and difficult to 'digest' post snipped. > > This stuff about Agrobacterium is just about the most disturbing > stuff I've ever read in my life. And I've read some disturbing > things. > > >From the abstract: > > http://www.pnas.org/content/98/4/1871.abstract > (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) > > Genetic transformation of HeLa cells by Agrobacterium > > "Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a soil phytopathogen that elicits > neoplastic growths on the host plant species. In nature, however, > Agrobacterium also may encounter organisms belonging to other kingdoms > such as insects and animals that feed on the infected plants. Can > Agrobacterium, then, also infect animal cells? Here, we report that > Agrobacterium attaches to and genetically transforms several types of > human cells. In stably transformed HeLa cells, the integration event > occurred at the right border of the tumor-inducing plasmid's > transferred-DNA (T-DNA), suggesting bona fide T-DNA transfer and lending > support to the notion that Agrobacterium transforms human cells by a > mechanism similar to that which it uses for transformation of plants > cells. Collectively, our results suggest that Agrobacterium can > transport its T-DNA to human cells and integrate it into their genome. " > > > So, all that messing about with gmo crops in pursuit of dogged > dedication to 'owning' the worlds food supply, they have engineered > a bacterium that can move plant and animal dna back and forth. > > This is just brilliant. > > At what point do folks realize what an incredibly and i mean > INCREDIBLY bad idea this is? > > > > > -- > Chip Mefford > -------------------- > Before Enlightenment; > chop wood > carry water > After Enlightenment; > chop wood > carry water > --------------------- > Public Key > http://www.well.com/user/cpm > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > Advanced video archive search - alternative energy and green technology videos http://www.alternate-energy.net/RES/index.php Tag keyword alternative energy article search - find and read thousands of news sources http://blog.alternate-energy.net/tags.php Updated alternative energy and green technology videos http://www.alternate-energy.net/vidpicks08.html Alternative_Energy_Politics http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Alternative_Energy_Politics Next_Generation_Grid http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/next_generation_grid _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
