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Originally Posted by PRBuzz
As long as the media portrays any genetically modified foods as "Franken-" there is no chance in hell of acceptance by the general public.
They have been feeding cattle (and other animals) high doses of growth hormones in their foods to stimulate growth for decades, this salmon gene modification turns on the naturally occurring salmon growth hormone gene constitutively and thus growth occurs year round. Personally, I'd rather have the later.....
People have to understand genetic modifications have occurred since time began, the natural way was slow and desirable features appeared by random chance or over long periods of time by selective breeding. Man-made designed genetic modifications is bound to happen and become commonplace if man is to survive on this planet. Similar things are going to revolutionize medicine when methods are developed to cure genetic diseases, are these going to be Franken-people? Just remember the protest over IVF, now a commonplace occurrence and no one thinks twice about dish sex.
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most store-bought vegetables have been genetically altered. For shelf-life or for taste
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