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We've been modifying plants through cruder means for thousands of years, killing the ones we don't like and planting the ones we do. It's a vastly slower proces
by angersock 11y ago
We've been modifying plants through cruder means for thousands of years, killing the ones we don't like and planting the ones we do. It's a vastly slower process, relying on natural mutations, but it's the same principle.
The real problem with GMOs involves patents and copyright--not necessarily anything to do with the plants themselves.
- akamaka 11y agoDoesn't that fact argument work against GMOs? Cross-breeding has been done for thousands of years, so it's a very well understood technique, whereas doing it in a lab is has not even had half a century of experience behind it.