Guest guest Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 > Oh Sheryl, btw, what are GMO's...Thanks? Genetically Modified Organisms. They are created when the seed company " manually " inserts new DNA splices into an existing DNA structure. Kind of similar in a way to cloning. They do this to give the " new " organism specific traits. Most of the time it is done not for consumer benefit, but for the benefit of the farmer who gets seeds that make their own pesticides or whatever. Once upon a time, they had manufactured a tomato using a FISH gene to give it frost-reistence. Kind of weird to me, especially being a vegetarian. If I am eating a tomato with fish genes in it, am I eating a fish or a tomato or both? Is it OK for a vegetarian to eat such food? I avoid them as much as possible. It's too much like playing God to me. It's a pretty big controversy, though most of the consumers in the US are not aware that big business is doing this to their food. I write as many letters as possible to my congresspeople to help give us a CHOICE in what we choose to eat. http://archive.greenpeace.org/~geneng/ http://www.truefoodnow.org/gmo_facts/product_list/ http://www.thecampaign.org/ http://organicconsumers.org/ http://www.purefood.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 Ugh, that is just nasty. What will they come up with next. As far as technology and knowledge, we are really living in the beginning stages (depending on ones view). I can't even imagine what will be going on with science and tech 100 years from now. I posted an article here recently about GMO's I believe. It was about putting rat genes in birds (?) which made them grow teeth. Scary. Well, I'm no Mr. Money Bags and like my MorningStar way too much to stop enjoying, so if I start growing a beak, that will just have to make the plastic surgeons hit the books and lay off the Botox trend. Shawn ----Original Message Follows---- " Sheryl " <ssarndt > Oh Sheryl, btw, what are GMO's...Thanks? Genetically Modified Organisms. They are created when the seed company " manually " inserts new DNA splices into an existing DNA structure. Kind of similar in a way to cloning. They do this to give the " new " organism specific traits. Most of the time it is done not for consumer benefit, but for the benefit of the farmer who gets seeds that make their own pesticides or whatever. Once upon a time, they had manufactured a tomato using a FISH gene to give it frost-reistence. Kind of weird to me, especially being a vegetarian. If I am eating a tomato with fish genes in it, am I eating a fish or a tomato or both? Is it OK for a vegetarian to eat such food? I avoid them as much as possible. It's too much like playing God to me. It's a pretty big controversy, though most of the consumers in the US are not aware that big business is doing this to their food. I write as many letters as possible to my congresspeople to help give us a CHOICE in what we choose to eat. http://archive.greenpeace.org/~geneng/ http://www.truefoodnow.org/gmo_facts/product_list/ http://www.thecampaign.org/ http://organicconsumers.org/ http://www.purefood.org/ _______________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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