Thursday, January 20, 2005
It was only a matter of time...
Well, it's happened. I knew it was coming with all of the Genetically Modified food debates of years-gone-by...
You can now purchase and cultivate your own Genetically Modified weeds!
That's right, many companies, governments and farmers think all these "Genetically Modified Pants" are great stuff (so long as they continue to decrease costs and increase profits), but many are quick to downplay the environmental effects that GM crops could have on other plants.
What's dangerous about the Do-It-Yourself GM Superweed kit, is that it puts the seeds of the super weeds into the hands of the general public. That can't be a good thing if you're a farmer spreading manure into the back yard of some uneducated urban sprawlers who have nothing better to do with their time than surf on the internet, reading about dangerous stuff like this:
http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9901/msg00076.html
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