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    Abe Froman Risker's Avatar
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    Default GM crop sceptics 'emotional', Government food watchdog report claims

    Public opposition to genetically modified food is based on “emotion” rather than “reason”, a Food Standards Agency report which will help shape future Government policy claims.

    The study published as the Government embarks on a major review of the current restrictions on GM crops, suggests opponents are motivated by “ideological” considerations while others take a “pragmatic” line.

    It portrays those against the controversial technology as being sceptical about science in general, relying on “emotive language” to make their case, often drawn from “popular press slogans”.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...rt-claims.html
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    Default Re: GM crop sceptics 'emotional', Government food watchdog report claims

    Yeh, when I find out that the tomatoes I'm eating are contaminated with fish genes, I'll probably get silly and 'emotional'....

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    Default Re: GM crop sceptics 'emotional', Government food watchdog report claims

    Can someone explain to me what is wrong with GM crops? Haven't we been genetically modifying crops for.. well, since agriculture began?

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    Default Re: GM crop sceptics 'emotional', Government food watchdog report claims

    One possible objection is that the change is faster than that produced by selective breeding - so a harmful organism could get "out there" before its potential harm is realised, e.g. a plant that is designed to resist insect "pests" could damage other insects such as bees, and it could interbreed with other plants quickly so that its spread couldn't be controlled. A specifically vegan objection is that the GM process sometimes involves use of animals, e.g. putting flounder genes in tomatoes.

    Here's a debate that looks at some pros and cons

    http://www.nature.com/nature/debates..._frameset.html

    Not recent, but still interesting I think.

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