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(28,979 posts)It is now possible for plants to be engineered with genes taken from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals or even humans. Scientists have worked on some interesting combinations:
Spider genes were inserted into goat DNA, in hopes that the goat milk would contain spider web protein for use in bulletproof vests.
Cow genes turned pigskins into cowhides.
Jellyfish genes lit up pigs' noses in the dark.
Arctic fish genes gave tomatoes and strawberries tolerance to frost.
Potatoes that glowed in the dark when they needed watering.
Human genes were inserted into corn to produce spermicide.
Corn engineered with human genes (Dow)
Sugarcane engineered with human genes (Hawaii Agriculture Research Center)
Corn engineered with jellyfish genes (Stanford University)
Tobacco engineered with lettuce genes (University of Hawaii)
Rice engineered with human genes (Applied Phytologics)
Corn engineered with hepatitis virus genes (Prodigene)
http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/about-gmos.html
Just as I do not want to eat downer cows or beef raised on its own bonemeal products, I don't want to eat this kind of crap. To compare my lack of appetite for your unnatural foodproduct to someone else's refusal to be vaccinated is ludicrous. The fact that I don't want to eat rice engineered with human genes when my rice growing ancestors have produced wholesome healthy alternatives for centuries is not anti-science. It is pro-consumer. My grandfather did not ever have to pay others for his seed. He owned his own labor. That is not anti-science. That is a choice not to let big capitalism muscle in where they are not wanted. If you want to grow corn that is unfit for human consumption that crosspollinates and contaminates fields with corn meant for human consumption, feel free. No one is stopping you. I have no appetite for corn chips that contains polymers or other plastics. You can tell me all day that it doesn't harm me. The fact that my grocer pulled the contaminated GMO product off the shelves speaks volumes. Nestle Corp. went into poor African nations and promoted powdered milk as a more healthy alternative to breastfeeding. They lied. Now they say, trust us on GMO. You will love eating chocolate with human genes inserted. No. I am not a cannibal. I do not love this idea. I do not care what people trying to forcefeed me say about how good their product is for me. Soylent green is dreck in my opinion and does not stimulate my appetite in the least. So call me anti-science all you like. Play with your food all you like. Just don't expect me to let you play with mine.