Posted by jimg.allentown on August 16, 2018 at 17:45:33 from (108.16.40.107):
In Reply to: Re: Truth in Labeling posted by jon f mn on August 16, 2018 at 13:31:18:
Jon, you are simply WRONG. Selective breeding is between compatible animals. GMO is taking DNA from totally non-compatible life forms and combining them to develop desirable traits - hopefully. Taking DNA from a fish, bird, lizard, or even a poison ivy plant and splicing it into a corn embryo or a chicken embryo is a completely different thing than cross breeding a couple of beef cattle to get a better meat. Most hybridization takes place at experimental farms - not laboratories for the most part. And successful hybrids come out of years of testing and experimentation.
GMO takes place in a lab under controlled conditions. Where the problem lies is in the potential side effects. The scientists simply do not fully understand every part of the DNA sequence and what it affects overall. The plants or animals that had had gene splicing may develop desirable characteristics, but may also be adversely affected in other ways. Like a GMO wheat may be harder to digest. Or it may contain harmful components that did not exist prior to gene splicing. Personally, I feel that GMO products should be thoroughly tested for potential long term problems.
By no stretch of the imagination is gene splicing the same thing as cross breeding. You can say it is as many times as you like, but it just isn't so.
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