ok... well a fielld near me is one of the sites thats going to do trials on gm potatoes.

 

good? bad?..

 

well i think good!

 

these plants are being engineered so that they dont have to be sprayed with chemicals to prevent being attacked by the potato blight fungal disease. this nasty little disease can wipe out a whole crop in days and was responsable for the irish famine in the 1800's.

 

wouldnt these gm spuds be safer to eat then the current sprayed to buggery ones?..

 

alternatives?.. well friends of the earth reckon that by selective breeding they could naturaly produce disease resistant varieties.... but surely thats what genetic engineering is anyway!

 

im far more concerned by the amount of sprays that go on ALL crops (except organic), as i see it chemical residues are far more harmful then gm.

Mixed feelings tbh

 

GM crops as far as I am concerned are tampering with nature and I believe that things should evolve naturally be it life be it food be it anything else, genetically modified to me is an uncomfortable term as it is basically tampering with nature

Mixed feelings tbh

 

GM crops as far as I am concerned are tampering with nature and I believe that things should evolve naturally be it life be it food be it anything else, genetically modified to me is an uncomfortable term as it is basically tampering with nature

 

 

EVERYTHING you eat has been tampered with by selective breeding... all gm does is cut the corner.

I dont fully trust GM or the companies that push it on us to be honest, if it goes wrong, then christ only knows what could happen to the soil or the health of the nation..

If Michael Meacher as a Former Environment Minister is against it then that says it all.

If Michael Meacher as a Former Environment Minister is against it then that says it all.

 

 

why? is michael meacher god or something? or is/was he just another inept politician more concerned with his popularity then supporting facts?