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Other seed producers operate the same way. They do so recklessly and lawlessly. They want total control. They get away with it because no one stops them.
Genetic manipulation is fraught with dangers. It's done by inserting a single gene from a species' DNA to another unnaturally. According to Smith:
"A pig can mate with a pig, and a tomato can mate with a tomato. But there is no way that a pig can mate with a tomato and vice versa."
Doing so transfers genes across natural barriers. They separated species over millions of evolutionary years. They did so successfully.
Agribusiness officials want people to believe they can do nature one better. They claim genetic engineering replicates or involves a superior alternative to natural breeding.
Saying so is unproved, indefensible, and irresponsible. It's pseudoscience. It's smokescreen deception.
Genetic engineering involves combining genes that never before existed together. Doing so defies natural breeding. It proved safe for millennia.
Challenging nature irresponsibly risks enormous human health consequences.
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