The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #130343   Message #2932926
Posted By: Paul Burke
22-Jun-10 - 07:26 PM
Thread Name: I've heard it all now-Moon Spruce from Switzerland
Subject: RE: I've heard it all now.
WAV: what was Beethoven's day job when he wrote the Moonlight Sonata?

And Sinsull: you ain't heard nothin' yet. The Supreme Court has ruled that MadScientistO can plant geriatrically modified stuff without waiting to see if it is safe. Safe means it doesn't screw up the neighbours. Of Course it's safe: they have all the measures in place.

Genes hunt in packs- changing one can potentially change the interaction of a whole bunch of them. We don't know enough about WHY they interact as they do to predict what will happen. Probably nothing, but what figure is on that "probably"? And who has studied how the genes interact after a couple of acccidental crosses with the other plants out there?