RE: Mandatory labeling

From: Dickey, Michael F (michael_f_dickey@groton.pfizer.com)
Date: Tue Jul 09 2002 - 11:23:50 MDT


-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Hixson [mailto:charleshixsn@earthlink.net]

John K Clark wrote:

>"Harvey Newstrom" <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com> Wrote:
>
> >I don't want to label it as "Frankenstein" technology.
>
>Yes you do, the anti science people have been very effective in equating
>genetic engineering with evil. It's silly to deny that there is a real ...
>
They didn't do it on their own. They had a lot of help from Monsanto,
among others. While the aims of the technology were being sold as
improvement of the gene-pool everyone was for it. When the aims shifted
to improving the corporate bottom line, everyone became skeptical. When
things like the "terminator" gene technology were introduced, everyone
became *quite* skeptical.

<snip>

As far I understood, Monsanto was forced to add the 'terminator' gene by the
very same green activists who now blast them for doing it, claiming
'corporate greed'. The rational was to prevent an 'accidental' spread of GM
crops.

Michael

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