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Geneticists create 'next generation' of GM crops

Soya beans and cotton could be treated with alternative herbicide.

Researchers have created what could be the next generation of transgenic crops by inserting a gene for herbicide resistance from a bacterium into plants. The new crops could help to combat the spread of resistance to other commonly used herbicides.

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Posted by Mike Hopkin on May 24, 2007 07:00 PM |

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Since Soy is n everything, I'm having a terrible time avoiding it. Now it's going to have a poison resistant gene in it. How's that going to react with my digestive processes? Where can I go to get just ordinary food, untinkered with? Shouldn't the box it comes in have a black box label advising me it's GM? And if not, why not?

Posted by: Emerson Leonard | May 27, 2007 07:10 PM

We need to get back to the basics of agriculture. We are ruining the land Yahweh blessed us with. If your interested in finding out about how we can accomplish this and more about the danger of gm crops go to
www. yahweh.com

Posted by: william crouse | May 30, 2007 01:36 PM

Mr Leonard,

Your needs are important, but the need of transnational capital to recoup its investments in biotech are more important. If the entire ecosystem of the planet ends up being a test site disaster for mad scientists, well, at least the investors got their money.

Posted by: James Hildreth | May 30, 2007 03:09 PM

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