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In reply to the discussion: Virus DNA hidden in GMO crops [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)88. No offense taken.
I am undecided on GMO. I have heard good arguments both for and against. I have heard many, many very bad arguments against, that go against basic science. And, of course, I ignore everything companies like Monsanto say about it.
My whole point in interjecting in this thread was to bring a modicum of sense in the argument.
For instance, using bacterial genes is not inherently bad since all life shares genes with bacteria. About 7% of human DNA is shared with bacteria. A plant would share more than that. That's just the way nature is. So any argument against using bacterial genes is dead.
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So this virus gene, which is naturally occurring, has been demonstrated to cause problems?
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#4
Somehow, I don't think Monsanto wants to recruit volunteers to see how widely it is expressed.
Overseas
Feb 2013
#10
They're out there mocking peoples' concerns. Hoping social pressure can bully people into acceptance
Overseas
Feb 2013
#16
K&R. Hope we decide to choose safety and stop the GMOs now. Rather than discover later
Overseas
Feb 2013
#8
This is just a previously undiscovered one that causes mutations and tumors if expressed.
Overseas
Feb 2013
#12
Actually it does seem to be inherently more harmful. I have seen some evidence on film.
Overseas
Feb 2013
#31
Yup--tomatoes fuck salmon all the time and produce hybrid offspring, right? n/t
eridani
Feb 2013
#90
The common genes shared are those that rarely change at all, like those for histone proteins
eridani
Feb 2013
#92
Thats the whole point, nature does not splice material from a fish into corn.
FogerRox
Jun 2013
#137
Exactly!!! The problem with Monsanto is their business practices, not the science.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#24
why has monsanto's crap been banned in some countries, and failed to boot?
farminator3000
Feb 2013
#81
I didn't get past the "previously undiscovered virus". That's bullshit. You didn't read any of it.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#29
I did read the thing. It discusses genetic mutations and tumors. Real concerns.
Overseas
Feb 2013
#30
the virus that occurs in nature is NOT inserted into the DNA with a bacteria
farminator3000
Feb 2013
#84
Go to the OP. Click the link to the article. Click the link to the original article. Read it.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#48
Again? And, rather than give us something from the scientific literature, it's back to the websites.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#89
i'm glad i have offended you, because you have really blown your argument now! cheerio!
farminator3000
Feb 2013
#117
This is your style -- you paste in more and more irrelevant shit hoping I'll give up.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#123
Human life expectancy: 35 years. Is this the way that World population will be controlled?
DhhD
Feb 2013
#14
That was NOT your original claim. Have you given up on the "previously undiscovered" claim?
Buzz Clik
Feb 2013
#71
sure is, do you want to continue the part about monsanto's safety study being 3 MONTHS TOTAL?
farminator3000
Feb 2013
#124
May these people rot in Hell. Although I take that back because I don't even like to wish bad
Maraya1969
Feb 2013
#106
if you are going to read that, you should read this, too. (because those answers aren't right)
farminator3000
Feb 2013
#134