Genetic Engineering: The World’s Greatest Scam?

by Alun Hill MCIJ


(French version — http://www.greenpeace.org/ogm)
Genetic engineering is a threat to food security, especially in a changing climate. The introduction of genetically manipulated organisms by choice…

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worldofwarcraft1993 03.18.10 at 5:57 am

I was watching at thout yes they my be right? but when I heard that non-genetic enhect crops can make just aze much as genetic echanct crops thats bull shit. the whole reason we use genetic enhacet crops is because we want to make more food on less ground there by saving the rainforrest, also If we can make crops that is disius recistant wy whould we trowe chemicals on them?

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CHEESEMONKEY92 03.18.10 at 6:39 am

i dont see the problem? other than cross breeding between gm and organic crops there is no evidence (as far as the video shows) to suggest that gm crops are harmfuli think greenpeace need to notch it back a bit, just because its new does not mean its bad

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Omthiest 03.18.10 at 6:43 am

@andy16666 I dont know. I don’t know how much of this I trust but for the most part i try to eat organic. Its true that we dont really know that much about the genome enough to splice with full certainty of satisfactory results, or about how GMOs effect people but regardless eating naturally and ethically grown foods should just be a general rule of thumb anyway. its probably nothing tbh, but who knows.

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andy16666 03.18.10 at 7:25 am

I avoid organic on moral grounds, even though it is better for your heath. The reason is that it takes a lot more land and a lot more water, and way more energy to grow the same quantity of organic as by conventional means. Even if there are some health benefits, if everybody ate organic, half the world would be starving. There just isn’t enough land and water in the world to have that kind of inefficiency simple for food that can claim it’s free some things. It really is a first world luxury.

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Omthiest 03.18.10 at 7:35 am

@andy16666 Thats sort of a broad generalization and nowadays mostly innacurate.That was a huge issue in the 90s but most organic companies have adapted more sustainable habits than many non organic companies.However its sort of arbitrary which producers do and which do not and the label doesnt exactly tell you. Difference of opinion and lifestyle i guess.

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andy16666 03.18.10 at 7:45 am

Fair enough. There’s a lot of green-wash and organic-wash these days too, and there’s no guarantee that a so-called natural pesticide or natural fertilizer is any better than an engineered and manufactured one. I do think good agricultural practices aren’t just limited to organic branded goods. I grew up on a small farm and I can’t believe how badly big farms treat their land. We use fertilizer and pesticide in conjunction with crop rotation but we have been farming the same land for 100 years.

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tazztone 03.18.10 at 8:10 am

don’t forget about the study on mice that said that gmo-food increases cancer in them.monsanto said the statistical methods weren’t good enough. something like that…

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andy16666 03.18.10 at 8:10 am

I agree. And they tend to interpret the little they know as some kind of “science is out to get me” conspiracy. Being a scientist, it’s quite frankly a little unnerving to watch stuff like this and realize that some people actually believe it to be factual. And to know that most people will just take it for fact and not go and investigate it.

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shocky2012 03.18.10 at 8:58 am

@andy16666 you cannot know everything, so leave an open door in your mind. Just maybe the big corps are not for us but against us. See georgia guidstones, need any more proof on motives

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andy16666 03.18.10 at 9:50 am

Maybe. But you’re really sounding paranoid there…paranoia being fear in the absence of evidence. Maybe all the doctors are out to get you too? Maybe your government? Maybe your family? Maybe even the aliens. I mean if you think about what you’re saying…fear of what may or may not be real really is an irrational position.