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Post by flowerpower on Oct 31, 2008 6:15:51 GMT -5
And I hope this garden site doesn't turn into another Blather Creek political forum with a bunch of nincompoopy discussions, fear mongering, and puerile conspiracy theories. Bill Bill, I'm with you on that. This forum is not going to be the place for all that BS. We try to keep HG a nice, peaceful place. And so far, so good. Those of you who want to argue & bicker constantly, go to some other forum and do it.
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Post by PatrickW on Oct 31, 2008 7:38:12 GMT -5
These laws were put into place ironically to supposedly keep GMO"s in check. Alan, just one small correction. These laws were put in place in the 1940s, at the end of WWII, to promote the interests of seed companies. The idea being only profitable and commercial varieties should be sold, and all other varieties were unfair competition and so banned from the marketplace. The intention was to provide seed companies the incentive to invest in and develop new varieties, and insure they could make a profit once they brought them to market. Generally today it's the large seed companies who determine what gets put on these lists, but it's also a bit of a political process. This means public pressure was able to keep them from adding most GMOs to the lists, even though a few did get through. This is currently the mechanism that's keeping most GMOs off the market in Europe, even though that wasn't the original intention of the laws. By purple I do mean black, brown or whatever, not the blueberry purple color of the new tomatoes. Of course there are certainly some people growing them in their gardens, but I think it's pretty rare, because in most cases the seed is illegal or unavailable.
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Post by bunkie on Oct 31, 2008 8:55:39 GMT -5
on soapbox...thanks patrickw for clarifying about the use of purple toms in Europe. and alan, great post. i concur with all you said and have found others who are 'unsure' of the use of GM seed to feel the same. i also feel that some GMOs 'might possibly' have a place in the future with a 'lengthy bout of testing'. but as grungy mentioned the GMO rice, and remember the Starlink Corn that penetrated our food chain, with these events in mind, we just can't be too careful, imo, of releasing these GMO produce till they've been tested thoroughly....off soapbox...
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