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Anything that results in genetically or chemically novel foods should be viewed with caution. However GMO is a very tiny subset of the different ways to come up
by lukeschlather 8y ago
Anything that results in genetically or chemically novel foods should be viewed with caution. However GMO is a very tiny subset of the different ways to come up with chemically or genetically novel foods. I don't see why GMOs should be treated differently from any other novel cultivar or species.
- alexandercrohde 8y agoMaybe it shouldn't, maybe other cultivar species should be regulated much more thoroughly.
- wyattpeak 8y agoHow much more thoroughly? Golden rice has been going through clinical trials for almost a decade now. When do we decide it's safe? Fifty years? Two hundred? Or never, because it's not really about "enough testing", it's about a kneejerk reaction to an unfamiliar process.