Re: Basic GMO explanation

**M* U* <e*@gmail.com>**

There is now a large body of evidence that shows that GM crop/food
production is highly prone to inadvertent and unpredictable pleiotropic
effects, (the phenomenon of one gene's being responsible for, or affecting.
more than one phenotypic characteristic) which can result in health
damaging effects in animals and possibly in humans.

In the first strain of golden rice developed, adult humans would have had
to eat an unfeasible amount - 9 kg or 18 lbs per day - to meet the RDA
levels accepted in developed countries.  The newest strain requires about a
cup, yet, along with the rice there has to be a sufficient amount of fat
present in the diet for golden rice (or most other vitamin A supplements)
to be able to alleviate vitamin A deficiency.

This is not always possible in underdeveloped countries where the need for
the vitamin A is greatest.  Even its newest iteration falls short of the
humanitarian tool is touts itself as being, and there's still no way to
know what happens when these newly created genes escape into the wild.

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:55 PM, James Allison <jallison@aquapic.com>wrote:

> Teri asked about GMOs
>
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