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To: Mamzelle

Yes I have no problem with most hybrids.

GMO is another story. I work with some leading genetic researchers in the cancer field. they admit they don’t know what a good portion of our DNA does. Nobody knows the DNA of plants and how mixing genes will impact humans.

As for protection of intellectual property. Thats fine protect your seeds. If you allow your plant to impact another property owner then you should lose control over your property and not gain control over theirs.


83 posted on 07/19/2014 2:16:37 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver
Nobody knows the DNA of plants and how mixing genes will impact humans.

Yeah, right. Let's look at the record:

Every agricultural product I can think of has been genetically modified. Using a gene gun to create genetic modification simply gets you where you want to go faster, and more accurately, than with selective breeding methods. As a matter of fact, selecting just one gene to be modified is much less risky than utilizing hybridization, because you are not involving the other genes. With selective breeding, we are making all sorts of changes without really knowing, exactly, what the outcome will be.

Modern methods of bioengineering are much more effective for making specific alterations to a plant's DNA than via hybridization.

If you allow your plant to impact another property owner then you should lose control over your property and not gain control over theirs.

Still waiting for you to provide one example of where that occurred.

88 posted on 07/19/2014 3:40:47 PM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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