Arri London wrote:
> <snip very good considerations>
>
> BTDT, my PhD is in biotechnology/genetic engineering The work
> concerned medical/pharmaceutical uses.
>
> Never did any work with modifiying agricultural products for just those
> reasons, but had to attend lectures/read up on those topics. What people
> generally miss about agbiotech is that the seeds are *licenced* by the
> user rather than being bought outright. That makes them unsuitable for
> third-world/poor farmers, who would be at the mercy of brokers who could
> actually read and understand the licencing agreements. It is illegal to
> save seeds resulting from biotech crops, contrary to practices that have
> worked well for millenia. Monsanto and other agbiotech companies have a
> bad track record for trying to prosecute farmers whose crops turn out to
> be engineered, when no such seed was deliberately planted. The seeds
> were 'contaminated' in transit, which is another major issue.
>
> Could also go on at great length but won't
>

Aw shucks, just when it was getting good. :-) Feel free to elaborate
any time, I was enjoying it.


Becca