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In reply to the discussion: U.S. GMO food labeling bill passes Senate [View all]FighttheFuture
(1,313 posts)Just because you may share some genes or snippets of DNA does not mean that the final organism is compatible with each other. Guess you never heard of poisonous plants, or animals. As far as the same "tree of life"... Big fucking Deal. Again, when have you seen a human mate with another animal, or plant, to produce something new? I understand it will not work, but let us know of your successes in this area.
The demarcation is time. Time to allow genetic changes to adapt or to die out and time to allow co-existing species to also adapt to these changes, or die out. The problem with GMO is no time for this process to test itself in nature. Instead, you have a massive influx of the new DNA blueprint into the system. If something is not right, the long term consequences can be catastrophic.