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In reply to the discussion: GMO's are they safe? There is no way to be sure yet...there are no absolutes in young science... [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)Just because the DNA is injected does not mean DNA transcription is suddenly different. Our "old" understanding still applies. Heck, we used our "old" understanding to develop the new techniques.
Why's this really a big deal? Not profit for Monsanto or any crap like that. It's a big deal because we can't feed everyone. We are depleting topsoil and water tables many, many times faster than they are being refilled. And climate change is making the problem even worse.
If we do nothing, within the next 100 years large swaths of the planet will be starving. Starving people don't die peacefully. The civil war in Syria? You can forget all the ISIS and political crap. It started because of hunger caused by a drought.
Our choices are either develop GMOs, or kill billions. Doing the latter out of irrational fear is an utterly unacceptable option.