Re: [DIYbio] I want to test my own food - where do I start

There are no long term studies which prove genetically engineered food products are safe.  Your statement is a dangerous one.  "Long term" is defined in relative terms to a human lifespan which is what it would require for a proper medical study today.   Science can't even decide simple questions, such as, to what degree sugary drinks are harmful to health.  It's naive to think that sweeping changes in agriculture are harmless by default when science is not yet anywhere close to fully understanding microbes in the human gut.  Science has no idea what happens when people eat genetic engineered product other than that they seem to not die quickly afterwards.  That adjective phrase "perfectly safe" is a ridiculous assumption.  DIYbio groups especially should be more clued-in to the political/economic biases of science which might make such statements seem plausible.

Note. I am not anti-GE.  I am anti-"just be naive and hope for the best and when it all turns bad just deny any knowledge or involvement".


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