Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Genetically modified food plants

People are always scared of 'Frankenfoods'--foods produced from genetically modified plants.

This is the greater danger of genetically modified plants: most are clones.

That means what infects one, infects them all, wiping out entire farms in one season:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/pistachio-disease/

No comments: