Gentically modified crops...??

[starrylizard]

Hey, just out of geeky interest. What are peoples opinions on GM crops in general and this news? It's just I'm in the field...not GM crops, but genetics, and I was wondering how people who don't have a scientific perspective on these issues feel about them. Anyone who is reading this journal feel free to jump in, or feel free to ignore the question entirely. I'm not trying to rope you into a nasty debate or anything, I'm just a geeky girl who is curious...

Quote from www.science.com (here:
"In late December, the European Commission
proposed new rules that would allow organic
foods to be labeled as such with up to 0.9%
accidental contamination with GM products or
seeds from neighboring farms or during processing.
Several consumer groups have vowed
to fight the proposal to protect what Friends of
the Earth Europe says are consumers who want
food free of “genetic contamination.”

Comments

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Hee! I remember a chemistry lecturer like that. We used to play Mr Squiggle between overheads. You know...one person draws some random lines and squiggles on a piece of paper and hands it to the next person, who then tried to make a picture out of it before the next overhead goes up. :p

Course I almost failed that unit, so maybe we should have been paying more attention. I remember 'bucky balls' and periodic tables...Bleh! *grin*

[lark_ascends]

Bucky balls, I think the first time I 'met' them was in third year physics.

I avoided chemistry at uni, 4 hour pracs with pre and post work from first year was not something I wanted to do.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

I avoided chemistry at uni
hehe. good move. I should have done some physics in yr 11 and 12. I think I might have done much better at it than chemistry...but there was the whole "2-physicists-in-the-one-family-is-enough-already" avoidance thing. I only did the chem units I had to do in order to do the molecular biology I was really interested in, but it almost killed. me! *insert mock dramatic faint*

Third time lucky...this is not my day :P

[lark_ascends]

Is it your dad that's the physicist?

I think I would have *died* too, doing chemistry.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Yeah my dad and my sister...though my sis did a double degree with Engineering...she's a smart cookie! I always lamented the fact that she had an abundance of boyfriend options in the field she chose...way better than bio in that respect. *grin*