In
principle, I am not opposed the concept of GMOs (genetically modified
organisms). But we should have the right to know the pedigree of our
food so that we can responsibly manage our own health and welfare.
Frankly, virtually ALL of the varieties and many of the species that we
love today would not be possible without genetic modification
modification. This is a very basic tenet of understanding
anthropogenics and our role as creators and stewards of the planet. We
are indebted to Darwin and Wallace for our first steps toward a unifying
theory of evolution. Both were naturalists on independent voyages
sailing the world in the mid-1800s. Their field observations on their
respective voyages combined with their collective knowledge of
contemporary breeding experiments of domesticated species of plants and
animals led to their revolutionary theory of Natural Selection. Another
key hallmark leading to our basic understand of simple genetics stems
from Gregor Mendel's extremely important breeding experiments on peas.
These tests also occurred in the mid-1800s. For myself. Its hard to
fathom what our environments and our food would look like without their
early steps. My concerns with GMOs arise when geneticists, breeders and
chemists get into the lab and cross tobacco genes with tomatoes, are add
insecticide and pesticide genes into potatoes. I believe we should all
have a right to know what is in our food and in the air, water, soil and
lifeforms around us. Period.
Regarding:
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Burpee Seeds?
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