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Ah yes, science says it's safe and who wants to be a climate change denier? Case closed! Here in Germany rabbits are dying a gruesome death by overeating genet

Ah yes, science says it's safe and who wants to be a climate change denier? Case closed! Here in Germany rabbits are dying a gruesome death by overeating genetically modified rape. Supposedy the bitter taste that told them to "stop" was removed and now they eat until the die. http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13522441.html http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13522441.html (Article in German) So the food is of course "safe" as in you can eat it without any direct harm; examining complex biological interactions however is far beyond the scope of lobbyists and companies that want to bring products to the market. So now we already have fruits that look "fresh" even if they are already a bit old, tomatoes that are just huge bags of water without any taste (eating someone's homegrown variants are a huge revelation), stuff genererally optimized for size, looks, and a superficial taste. To me that is not progress at all.

icebraining 11y ago
You posted a link to a 30-year-old event, and for which there was an hypothesis that it could be linked to the genetic modifications of a rapeseed. As far as counter-examples go, that doesn't seem particularly strong. EDIT: Actually, the "new" seed they are talking about is 00 rapeseed (AKA Canola), which is not a GMO, since it was bred naturally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola The GMO versions of Canola only appeared years after that event.
- UweSchmidt 11y ago
  Oops, heard that story last week so I assumed that was more recent. I'll reconsider my concern about any imminent risks. Overbred fruit are still crap though.
  - sampo 11y ago
    > Overbred fruit are still crap though. "The wild banana is filled with seeds and cannot be eaten." http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/bananas-are-clones-from-the-stone-age/ http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/bananas-are-clones-from-the-st...

icebraining 11y ago

You posted a link to a 30-year-old event, and for which there was an hypothesis that it could be linked to the genetic modifications of a rapeseed. As far as counter-examples go, that doesn't seem particularly strong. EDIT: Actually, the "new" seed they are talking about is 00 rapeseed (AKA Canola), which is not a GMO, since it was bred naturally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola The GMO versions of Canola only appeared years after that event.

UweSchmidt 11y ago
Oops, heard that story last week so I assumed that was more recent. I'll reconsider my concern about any imminent risks. Overbred fruit are still crap though.
- sampo 11y ago
  > Overbred fruit are still crap though. "The wild banana is filled with seeds and cannot be eaten." http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/bananas-are-clones-from-the-stone-age/ http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/bananas-are-clones-from-the-st...