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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Krowbar who wrote (38535)5/25/1999 1:49:00 AM
From: Chuzzlewit  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Delbert, I suggest you reread my post. Lambda phages can and do transfer genetic information between different cells of the same organism (E. coli). They do not transfer information between E. coli and other species of bacteria. This distinction is important. In the case of the corn you have a bacterial gene for Bt toxin implanted in corn. There is no natural phenomenon that I am aware of that can mediate such a transfer. And the problem is created by the release of this engineered organism into the ecosystem without full knowledge of the consequences.

The issue is not so much genetic engineering as it is environmental arrogance. We cannot blithely liberate engineered organism into the environment without completely understanding the consequences. The results could be devastating. Suppose, for example, that insertion of a foreign gene resulted in the synthesis of a toxin that killed honeybees.

TTFN,
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