My greatest fear, I guess, is that in the same way that the pharmaceutical industry bombarding us with new and improved remedies for every little thing has created tougher, more resistent bacteria, messing with GM produce to be more resistent to pests and plant disease, will just end up giving us the gift of tougher and meaner pests and plant disease. Maybe it won't happen, but since we have seen this in the pharmaceutical/medical world, I have a small problem trusting outfits like Monsanto to worry very much about me when the alternative is dollars.

>Why should this be an issue? How would it be dangerous? If we make corn to withstand draught better and produce larger kernels, how is this going to hurt me? If we found a before-unknown species of fruit, and someone ate it and they didn't get sick or die, and it tasted good, would that be bad? I'm really not playing devil's advocate here like I sometimes do; I'm really interested in why you think this is a bad idea.
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>>Specifically, my problem is with genetically engineered food, at least at this time.
>>The common defense regarding such "food" is that 'people have been playing with genetics since Grigore Mendel, so it is nothing new' and this is a load of crap. The established techniques versus genetic engineering are roughly equivalent to comparing a firecracker to a A-bomb - they do not compare!
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>>Food is stuff we EAT. It goes into our bodies and is digested and makes its way throughout our bodies. Just because it looks the same as the natural stuff doesn't mean it will react the same way IN our bodies.
>>And so far most GM food is crop grown, resulting in their seeds dispersing all over the place. Soon there will be no way to avoid having some GM contamination in all foods made here (North America).