46. "about the only time i don't trust scientists" In response to In response to 0
is when they're being bankrolled by int'l corporations..
and my main issue with GM crops is that, even if you are a full-time geneticist, you still can't tell us conclusively that these changes will NOT have any ill side effects. You can try, but I know you'll never be 100% certain.
and i just don't trust people enough to let them try their hands at evolution/gene splicing and then releasing it into our environment....
the bottom line is, we don't know what could go wrong. For this reason alone, we need to sit on this technology.
(and that "feeding all the hungry people" argument is pretty redundant; as the Guardian article pointed out, we already have enough food in the world to feed everyone. the problems are with economic systems + greed of Western countries, not the lack of food...)