Re: the good fight

[Peggy Adams <adams@pcei.org>]

Travis,

For information on genetic engineering you might want to look at papers by
Ann Clark of University of Guelph
http://www.oac.uoguelph.ca/www/CRSC/faculty/eac.htm

>    I don't understand the recent concerns over genetically altered plants
>that have superior traits to unmodified plants.  I've taken biology, plant
>science and environmental science classes over the past couple of years and
>I don't recall any mention of concerns about genetic tinkering.  I know
>we've been fooling around with plant genetics ever since some monk figured
>out dominant and recessive traits in pea plants a few centuries ago and we
>haven't made any huge errors yet that I know of.  So what are the concerns?

Peggy Adams

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