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They have been growing GMO papaya in Hawaii for 26 years (20 years commercially) now. Nothing happened. It's all "unknown unknowns" territory here. There are n
by sampo 9y ago
They have been growing GMO papaya in Hawaii for 26 years (20 years commercially) now. Nothing happened.
It's all "unknown unknowns" territory here. There are no known threat scenarios. But if you're into being concerned of unknown unknowns, you have thousands of other things to be concerned of, too.
- JepZ 9y agoWell, risks are always about probability of occurrence and impact. So while it is unlikely that some GM plant causes some catastrophic scenario, but when it does it is likely to spread so the impact would be big. I know that unknown threats are everywhere and there are a lots of other things I am concerned of too, but in the end I am used to live with that and it doesn't change my view on the topic.
- AstralStorm 9y agoMore like if ever it spreads to a place that is not some other farmer's field. Even unmodified plants have problems with that and modified ones might be terminator or less viable crops too.