Re: GMO soy feeds people more herbicide
Colin Shaw (news-relay.ncren.net!nntp-xfer.ncsu.edu!gatech!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipexColin Shaw)
27 Mar 1997 13:45:10 GMT
Dave Riches,dave@gist.net.au,Internet writes:
>
>> Another experiment: Research newspaper files to determine the survival
>> rate of people who wind up in the ocean. YOu might even be able to plot
>> a graph relating water depth to survival percentage. This data proves
>> incontrovertibly that water is a death-causing substance.
>>
>> Now try running through a puddle of water, again and again. What is
>> your risk of dying from this deadly chemical?
> >
>> Question: what if any is the relationship between high-dose tests and
>> the effects of far lower doses?
>Couldn't agree more - good analogy.
No it is not a good analogy, it is a prticularly stupid one.
Genetic engineering is very new, nobody but nobody knows what the
long term side effects will be and there will be an effect.
There is also the matter of choice. We are having food containing
GE soya flour forced upon us with little or no chance to find
alternatives.