Re: GMO and health impact

Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On 21 Oct 2003 09:40:40 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Gus) wrote:
> 
> >> GMO per se has nothing to do with health -- for better or worse. 
> >of course it has, you say the example of "golden rice", i search
> >examples like this.
> >or perhaps you mean i am not in the good group? 
> 
> I'm not sure what you are asking, and I don't think that is completely
> due to language. Your question is very broad (or vague), and we have
> no idea what level you are at.


our level: we are 16 years old and we are in a class with science as speciality
we work on that subject 2 hours per week until februar



> GM is a tool, a new way to make new kinds of plant. Thus it has
> nothing to do with safety. What matters is the new plant, which must
> be tested. That is true no matter how a new plant is made, and always
> has been. Plants tend to be toxic; that is how plants defend
> themselves. We try to make food crops that survive the insects but
> don't harm us. 
> 
> Read about the "killer zucchini" in New Zealand (last year?).
> Apparently came from some organic farmers who chose some nicer looking
> squashes. They were nicer looking because they had resisted insects
> better -- because they had higher level of the zucchini toxin. 
> 
> 
> If you are looking for information on the "golden rice", search on
> rice carotene
> OR
> rice "vitamin A"
> 
> One reference you could look up for some background is Science
> 287:241, January 14, 2000. Should be free access, at
> www.sciencemag.org
> 
> You might also try one of the science-oriented search engines, such as
> scirus (www.scirus.com). This gives less noise than a general search
> engine, such as google.
> 
> bob

Thanks a lot
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The Gus