Reply #26: Good point about Dow or DuPont etc. But you are ignoring the [View All]

negative results we are already seeing. Take Monsanto corn for example (I really don't want to look up which one), it produces nutritionally deficient corn that cannot be replanted, producing an inferior product that forces the farmer to buy new seed every season from guess who.

Farmers that have tried to resist this are finding that their crops are being contaminated by neighboring fields.

Anyway the point is, and you know it is true, that we simply don't know enough yet to do this responsibly. There is currently no way to account for the law of unintended consequences, and we are screwing around with the only ecosystem we have, not to make things better, but to make $$$.

Here's a scenario, we want to create a new type of fast growing, drought resistant, corn. It is now introduced into the environment and initially appears to be quite successful. Problems arise when it becomes toxic to humans and, thanks to its rapid growth begins to displace traditional crops and spreads. What do we do then, wipe out the whole years crop? what would amerikans do if there was no corn for them to eat? What if the rapid growth turns out to be so successful that we can't stop it at all? Then it spreads to other continents, does corn eventually become extinct? What if some insect we didn't consider evolves from consuming this new corn?

I'm not opposed to genetic research at all, but I do know how science is invariably perverted by the drive for quick profits. The potential for a disaster of epic proportions is there and we absolutely cannot count on business to act responsibly. Why do you think the EU categorically banned GMO's and is now under tremendous pressure to reverse that ban from the corporations?