Echolocation January 27, 2009
Posted by nutritionalsupplementnews in : Uncategorized , trackbackOh No! We’re Eating the Offspring of Clones!
in a arrange i’m teaching right age, we’ve been talking about the nature of science and also about the common misconceptions, misunderstandings, and simple benightedness that pervades our mainstream media. yesterday, i ran across this article on yahoo news: clones’ offspring may be in food supply: fda.the essential line:food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may have entered the u.s. eats replenish, the u.s. domination said on tuesday, but it would be impossible to understand because there is no nature between cloned and conventional products. (emphasis mine)i think this is a perfect example of how issues of physical precise import become muddled sometimes by skimpy reporting and usually by a failure of most american readers to actually grasp the complexities of detailed issues (even when these issues may secure direct impacts on their own lives and health).the article itself isn’t that melancholy - it does mentioning that:the u.s. foodstuffs and analgesic administration said in january provender and milk from cloned cattle, swine and goats and their Often used as plural child were as safe as products from traditional animals. don’t get me wrong, there are many, many issues still left to be studied and understood regarding genetically-modified organisms, as all right as issues related to animal rights, biodiversity, and economics with regards to cloned animals.but when your reporting says things take a shine to”it worries me that this technology is out of control in so many ways,” said charles margulis, a spokesman with the center for environmental fettle. the potentiality of offspring being in the food equip “is well-deserved another element of that,” he said.it tends to strike me as a bit fear-mongering and i can instantly see a thousand people reading this one furrow and abruptly turning their minds off to the possibilities. “oh no. it’s out of control. we’ve gotta stop it all today. stop the research. what am i eating? stop playing god. terminal!”i am not trying to argue the position that “we should consume cloned cattle” - mainly because the benefits aren’t that clear to me (it seems mostly financial at this point). but i do know that, as the article states, the offspring of a cloned animal is twin to it’s “parent”, as far as its chemical makeup and safety. i find too often in the media that the technologies of genetically modifying organisms and the extent simpler technology of cloning are confused with one another. adding genes or changing genes in an organism is a far different beast from simply creating a new animal using the genetic material of another. the fda cannot tell cloned animals apart because there is no characteristic. from a health standpoint, there is no reason whatsoever to eschew ingredients from the offspring of cloned animals.i think that there are many hidden and amazing opportunities to be found in modifying organisms - for food nutrition, for medicament, for things cognate with sustainable energy production (though i am less than irrepressible about the modifications being done for herbicide and pathogen resistance). however, much exploration needs to be done still, especially with things like lateral gene delivery from crops to the environment. the outstanding point is that i think the public needs to become much better informed about the specifics of these technologies.the article states”we must also carefully about additional factors such as consumer benefits and acceptance … and research in the u.s. indicates that consumers are currently not receptive to ingredients from cloned animals,” she said.why aren’t consumers receptive to cloned fleshly ingredients? it’s certainly not because of a solemn look at potential impacts to biodiversity and animal rights, as examples.no it’s because they don’t really know what it means. it’s gut instinct. “frankenfood.” fear(fyi: the subhead is intentionally ironic)update: some posted the original article on . the flier said “i don’t want to eat meat anymore”. the gold medal commenter said:”if this meat is no different than orthodox comestibles, why don’t we honest throw is dogs and cats into the food supply and solve the stray proble
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