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To: MonroeDNA
Oh no! Superior grass escapes!

The Law of Unintended Consequences isn't really something to laugh at, though ... and that's the real danger posed by GM "escapes."

Perhaps this one won't matter much ... though of course even this grass could cause problems down the road. But if nothing else, it shows how easy it would be for things actually to get out in the wild.

23 posted on 08/09/2006 4:07:03 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb
Perhaps this one won't matter much ... though of course even this grass could cause problems down the road.

I wouldn't want to see it invade farmland.

There are other herbicides which would probably control it (IIRC Atrazine, Princep). It could still be a pain.

35 posted on 08/09/2006 4:37:47 PM PDT by holymoly ("A lot" is TWO words.)
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To: r9etb
>>>>"The Law of Unintended Consequences isn't really something to laugh at"<<<<

I do believe that is what may have killed Mastodons, Giant Sloths and Elephants in North America and created the Great Plains... ahhh the good old days before global warming

TT
36 posted on 08/09/2006 4:41:17 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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