via Jim Gerritsen. 3 hours ago Only Me Jim Gerritsen HONEST SCIENTIST PROVIDES KEEN INSIGHT INTO GE CROP FLAWS. Hats off to ethical scientists like Dr. Belinda Martineau who stand up for truth and in doing so expose the inherent failings in GE technology. The major incident was when the FDA asked us whether we were sure that only the DNA we intended to insert into the tomato’s DNA was actually inserted. After we answered yes they asked us to carry out the experiments that would demonstrate that that was indeed the case. In fact, the experiments showed that in 30% of the tomato plants, sometimes more, much more DNA—DNA that was not well characterized and usually contained an additional antibiotic resistance gene—was inserted into our plants... Genetic engineering is based on the reductionist belief that taking a gene out of its context in one organism and inserting it—essentially randomly—into another organism’s genome comprises a precise process that requires minimal regulatory oversight before being sold in grocery stores for human food. I heard a plant scientist claim that we know exactly what we’re doing with genetic engineering and then ask audience members to support grants for plant science because there’s a lot we still don’t know about plant genomes. It might be laughable if this situation wasn’t affecting the food system in the US and worldwide. There are many imprecise aspects of genetic engineering, many related to our very incomplete knowledge about genetics and genomics. That is why regulation of every product of this technology should be required and why they should be labeled.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:11:27 +0000
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