Today I read an article on slashdot titled “New Study Confirms
Safety of GM Crops“. Before you navigate away from this article,
please be assured they were not citing the National Enquirer.
The study was conducted in France, with assistance from the
usual suspects (British universities, biotechnology
corporations, etc). Also involved in the study were rodents —
clearly a dietary staple of the French, and biologically (or
psychologically?) identical to certain English academics. The
“evidence” cited in the study shows that — at least to monocled
marsupials — GM plants are “nutritionally equivalent to their
non-GM counterparts and can be safely used in food and feed.” Of
course “food and feed” are not exclusive aspects of GM
agriculture — or even agriculture — but corporate-sponsored
research has its own perspective . . . Never mind the trace
minerals and everything else! As usual, the slashdot comments
were many, and the views varied; organic versus conventional,
ridicule and support of both, with lots between