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RE: Genetically Modified Rice Has Been Approved In The United States
I will post maybe an unpopular opinion on the matter and I think you might agree with me.
GMO's are safe and I support their utilization allow me to continue, GMO's are not a new thing we are doing to Frankenstein our crops as you said it in the article they are helping our population so we can get more out of our crops like rice with Vitamin A genetics.
What I fear is that people are too scared and most of all ill-informed about the subject and are, contrary to their best interest, against these kinds of crops that can benefit a lot of people. If GMO's are not eradicating hunger right now is because of these people who oppose GMOs because they do not know better.
Thank you for posting this very good news.
I can 100 % support your opinion. Seriously, GMOs are fine. The amount of testing that goes into them is somewhat ridiculous (though I don't argue for getting rid of the testing either).
I'm would even argue that not only genetically modified plants but genetically modified bacteria, viruses and many other organisms are one of the tools humanity will NEED to get right if we want to further our development.
And with time, even genetic modification of ourselves will need to happen. Though there I actually see a potential for a huge moral conundrum of who should have access to these. But at the same time, our technological progress has hugely outpaced our biological progress. And that IS an issue that will need to be looked at in time. Not yet, but soonish (within a few centuries at most).
Yes, I really think ethics are essential in this regard, I think it can be highly regulated but never stopped because if we outright banned this kind of practices and research than people is going to do it anyways but behind closed doors without any of us beneficiating.
We have to look long and hard about the ethics and the choice of who is going to be genetically modified and for what reason, at the end of the day I think we will evolve using genetically engineered into superhumans.
Thank you for your well thought and eloquent response.