Why does the phrase "genetically engineered" throw people into such a flurry of mindless panic? How could gene splicing possibly make an animal unsafe to eat?
... because most people are completely removed from having any notion about what the natural state of unmodified food is? They expect corn to be a uniform color with large kernals on a big cob - and not something of varying color that is maybe the length of 2 thumbs? [my sized thumbs] That a natural strawberry is the size of a thumbnail?
'Genetic engineering' has been used as a term to scare the bewilickers out of folks for 40-odd years now, whereas animal husbandry is a term that leads to rude farmer jokes ... probably because virtually no one lives on a farm any more.
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'Genetic engineering' has been used as a term to scare the bewilickers out of folks for 40-odd years now, whereas animal husbandry is a term that leads to rude farmer jokes ... probably because virtually no one lives on a farm any more.
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