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What makes you think that the current process isn't good? That regulatory experts, say like the FDA/USDA/EPA haven't given it any rigorous thought? Hybridizati
by chris_va 9y ago
What makes you think that the current process isn't good? That regulatory experts, say like the FDA/USDA/EPA haven't given it any rigorous thought?
Hybridization of plants swaps thousands of genes at random, in an uncontrolled manner. We've been doing that for a thousand years, and just breeding stuff out in fields to see what sticks.
Geneticaly modifying rice to produce more vitamin A required changing only 2 genes, instead of thousands, but somehow people find that scarier because it seems "new".
- SlowBro 9y agoI don't suppose the FDA/USDA/EPA have ever been known to be wrong about relatively new practices? But classic methods have been used and proven for centuries. It seems riskier and frankly, backwards, to me to require stricter regulation on what has been proven but easily permit that which is new and still being tried out.
- mPeriodFRESH 9y agoIn the USA, former executives from the companies being regulated typically run the organizations charged with regulating said companies.
- SlowBro 9y agoIs the fox guarding the (non-GMO) hen house? "Testing for GMO products is currently voluntary," according to an FDA spokeswoman. "Although the consultation process is voluntary, compliance with the law is mandatory; it is the manufacturer's responsibility to ensure that the food products it offers for sale are safe and otherwise comply with applicable requirements," the spokeswoman said in a statement to ABC News.[1] What has the FDA really "rigorously thought" about if they aren't testing? [1] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/eating-gmo-produce/story?id=30052291 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/eating-gmo-produce/story?id=300...