I think it is unlikely that there are risks associated with all food which have had genetic modification. After all we have been tampering with genetics for thousands of years through selective breeding. It is more likely that there will be some GM foods which have unintended side effects of trying to manipulate a single gene - therefore we should proceed with due caution and not with the hysteria that tends to be blown up around this issue. Another real concern is that modified genes for pest resistance etc may find their way into weeds, making weeds much more difficult to kill in future.

I think the green lobby have made a mistake by turning their understandable concern about certain areas into a blanket approach of all genetically modified foods are bad. By buying into the hysteria rather than concentrating on the specific concerns they are possibly going to prevent a huge amount of good that this sort of technology could do.

Bagpuss