[gore3000]

Good post. Let me add the following from the same article:
The use of GE crops with Bt toxin genes is widespread. These genes make the crops resistant to important pests. Due to these genes, the Bt toxin is produced in every part of the plant, so when the parts not harvested decompose, considerable amounts of the toxin may reach the soil.

The above shows what happens when we fool with genes. In nature, a plant would not have the toxin in every cell, it would have it just in certain cells, just as we have skin in certain parts of our bodies, bone in others and muscles in others. In nature, each cell only activates (although it has the entire genome of the individual) only the parts of the genome needed for that particular cell. However, because this plant has been genetically engineered, there is no control over what this new gene will do and therefore it is active in every cell.

[Aquinasfan]

The above shows what happens when we fool with genes. In nature, a plant would not have the toxin in every cell, it would have it just in certain cells, just as we have skin in certain parts of our bodies, bone in others and muscles in others.

I heard an interesting, related fact the other day. in a similar way, "organic" vegetables can be more toxic than vegetables treated with chemical insecticides. Chemical insecticides can be washed off of vegetables. But plants selected by organic farmers are plants that are high in naturally occurring insecticides. These naturally occurring insecticides can't be washed off; they permeate the plant.