GM industry puts human gene into rice

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O.K., now, short of certified organic that states quaranteed no GMO, how is

one going to get any food anymore that doesn't have " meat " in it? They have

put fish and other animal genes and now human genes. Personally, I think

I'd rather have the fish and animal than human <g> And even before the

family became vegetarians and mostly vegetarians, liver? YUKE!!!

 

Lynda

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> > " Scientists have begun putting genes from human beings into food

> > crops

> > in a

> > dramatic extension of genetic modification. The move, which is causing

> > disgust and revulsion among critics, is bound to strengthen accusations

> > that

> > GM technology is creating " Frankenstein foods " and drive the

> > controversy

> > surrounding it to new heights.

> >

> > Even before this development, many people, including Prince Charles,

> > have

> > opposed the technology on the grounds that it is playing God by

> > creating

> > unnatural combinations of living things.

> >

> > Environmentalists say that no one will want to eat the partially

> > human-derived food because it will smack of cannibalism.

> >

> > But supporters say that the controversial new departure presents no

> > ethical

> > problems and could bring environmental benefits.

> >

> > In the first modification of its kind, Japanese researchers have

> > inserted a

> > gene from the human liver into rice to enable it to digest pesticides

> > and

> > industrial chemicals. The gene makes an enzyme, code-named CPY2B6,

> > which is

> > particularly good at breaking down harmful chemicals in the body. "

> >

> > Full story:

> >

> > http://news.independent.co.uk/low_res/

> > story.jsp?story=632444 & host=3 & dir=507

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