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Thread #38409   Message #541958
Posted By: CarolC
04-Sep-01 - 07:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: Are Bio-genetic foods safe?
Subject: RE: BS: Are Bio-genetic foods safe?
There is an extremely big difference between organisms being genetically modified through selective breeding and hybridization, and organisms being genetically modified by gene splicing. People have repeatedly tried to point this out on this thread, but their efforts seem to be going unnoticed.

I am not expert enough to be able to give detailed reasons why this is. Perhaps someone who is more well versed in this science could give an easy to understand, but thorough explanation of the two processes and how potential hazards of gene splicing differ from any considerations about selective breeding and hybridization.