[quote=PatrickHenry;311388]That is precisely the reason for restricting the release of GMOs into the general biosphere. Particularly before thorough testing. Arpad Pusztai is a scientist who wanted to seek better testing before foisting GM foods on the public. You might be interested by his views.
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Big fallacy. How do fish genes get selectively bred into plants?
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I agree that testing should always be done before any product goes public, I am just pointing out that making something illegal is the worst way to make something safe.
I wasnt suggesting you can breed fish and corn, I was pointing out that through natural processes you can get many of the same effects through selective breeding. For example they spliced some fish DNA into tomatoes to make them more resistant to frost. This could be accomplished through selective breeding by slowly lowering the temperature on a crop of tomatoes and over years using the ones that do the best as the stock of next years crop.
If your biggest problem is the crossbreeding between GE crops and regular ones that happens because of pollen and seed spread, most of the produce we eat is far from what is produced in the wild since we selectively breed all of our crops.