Make Way For "Mutant" Crops As GM Foods Face Opposition 194
A user writes "The concerns, legitimate or otherwise, about genetically modified foods such as Monsanto's Round-up Ready soy-beans, may be causing unintended consequences: Monsanto's rivals such as BASF are selling 'naturally' mutated seeds where extreme exposure to ultra-violet is used to increase the rate of mutations in seeds, a process called mutagenesis. These seeds end up with many of the same properties, such as herbicide resistance, as GM seeds, but inevitably end up with other, uncontrolled, mutations too. The National Academy of Sciences warns that there's a much higher risk of unintentionally creating seeds that have active health risks through mutagenesis than by other means, including relatively controlled genetic engineering, presumably because of the blind indiscriminate nature of mutations caused by the process. But because mutagenesis is effectively an acceleration of the natural system of evolution, it's very difficult to regulate."
Re:Earth's last words. (Score:3, Funny)
If history is a guide then it could evolve into a sentient animal that invents the internet and posts uninformed comments based on 1950s horror movies.
Re:Monsanto Generated FUD (Score:2, Funny)
I disagree. GM was also mentioned, but they didn't talk about their cars!
Re:They are both GM, mutagenesis and transgenesis (Score:4, Funny)
How DARE you insult His Noodliness so! He is Perfect!
You will be riven through his Colander of Might and reduced to bare semolina!