tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post6216888824040406269..comments2023-07-15T04:39:59.759-07:00Comments on Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience: They engineered a better salmon, so why can't I eat it?Steven Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-32723157476554317612011-08-15T12:08:19.915-07:002011-08-15T12:08:19.915-07:00I think the reason is that we don't trust agri...I think the reason is that we don't trust agribusiness to have our health as a factor in their decision making. They have one thing that factors into decision making: profit. Public health isn't their purview. Monsanto's round-up ready corn is a case in point. Ergo - people don't trust them.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616362121563517511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-25269860316148189482011-07-05T10:45:41.407-07:002011-07-05T10:45:41.407-07:00A recent study released by the International Journ...A recent study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences found that Monsanto's GM Corn causes liver and kidney damage in lab rats. Monsanto only released the raw data after a legal challenge from Greenpeace, the Swedish Board of Agriculture, and French anti- GM campaigners. I'm sure the corn is fine to feed to our cattle or eat ourselves though. Right?James T. Fisherhttp://geneticallyengineeredfoodnews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-48870183810883801242011-07-05T07:44:58.768-07:002011-07-05T07:44:58.768-07:00Gingi: I specifically referred to using GM technol...Gingi: I specifically referred to using GM technology to create herbicide-resistant crops as a bad way to use it. Breeding drought- and disease-resistant crops (your examples) is terrific. It's too bad Monsanto has give the anti-GMO crowd such an easy target by using the technology to sell more RoundUp.Steven Salzberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-19570395883109388982011-07-05T07:38:42.818-07:002011-07-05T07:38:42.818-07:00I'm a little bewildered by your sympathies wit...I'm a little bewildered by your sympathies with the crop anti-GMOs stance. That Monsanto genetically controls its seed for anticompetitive measures is only one argument, albeit valid. That agribusinesses, in collaboration with humanitarian efforts, use genetic modification to feed the world's hungry (by selectively breeding drought- and disease-resistant crops, for example) is hardly a "terrible use of the technology". Not to mention the ludicrous scientific and health-based claims by the anti-GMO movement that humans magically integrate the modified DNA of consumed GMO foods (crops or fish).Gingihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332518512499672370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-15533173994127483312011-07-04T10:18:45.507-07:002011-07-04T10:18:45.507-07:00That's really sad! I wish the anti-GMO activi...That's really sad! I wish the anti-GMO activists would take the time to check their science instead of getting too busy spreading fear and ignorance. I love eating salmon and I feel guilty eating them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com