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We've all eaten it and neither you nor I or any one else has reported an ill effects. Granted some transgenic crops may have side effects no one knows about but the burden of proof is on the critics to show the risks of the life-saving promise of biotechnology in our lives would outweigh the benefits.

This probably isn't the appropriate time to mention the development of Golden Rice. Rice that has been modified to contain healthy doses of Vitamin A.

A lack of Vitamin A is known to cause blindness in Children. This new Golden Rice is very promising for those in 3rd World countries, where rice is the staple of the diet.

Everything we do in this world has a certain amount of risk to it. There is nothing that doesn't carry some risk with it.

One of the most deadly objects ever invented continues to kill,, yet none of us is willing to consider discontinuing it's use. (the wheel)