Reply #137: in reality, a gm strain that gets loose [View All]

will be subject to natural selection in what ever environment it ends up in. and chances are overwhelming that if it's any environment except the completely artificial environment provided by the farmer, the gene will be most "unfit" and quickly eliminated from the population. it is quite telling that you use the example "Antibiotics have produced super-bugs" - that's my point exactly, life adapts to its environment!!

furthermore, all genes now introduced into the envirnment, are already loose in the environment. and whether you believe it or not, mother nature has provided many mechanisms for genes to transfer between individual within species, across species, and even across kingdoms. moreover, it is a complete lie to say that a "GM strain can do instantly what nature hasn't been able to do at all" - genetically engineering done in the lab entirely relies on molecular tools provided by nature.