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> A short excerpt is posted below.
> You can read the entire transcript by going to:
>
>http://www.emarketfarm.com - scroll down the page to the "Agribusiness"
>section, and click on the button that reads "Click here for the
>Avery/Benbrook GMO Transcripts."
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>Excerpt follows:
>
>Alex Avery: What are the risks here? Right now we've got Europeans who
>are completely anti-biotech. We've got many nations completely
>anti-biotech, banning this technology without a single realistic risk
>associated with it. We've not found a single problem with using these
>technologies. We've got activists who are fueling the fear of these
>foods . . .
>
>Charles Benbrook: Well Alex, if you think there is not a single problem
>with these foods, then you need to start spending a little time reading
>the scientific literature. There is an abundance of research that shows
>problems that are being discovered with genetically transformed foods.
>Tomato plants, cotton plants, sheep - all organisms have very elaborate
>defense mechanisms against the incorporation of foreign DNA, viruses,
>bacteria and microorganisms that aren't part of the organisms genome.
>That's why species are able to maintain their genetic integrity.
>
>Alex Avery: No, they are not.
>
>Charles Benbrook: Alex, Alex. I am on, so let me finish.
>
>Alex Avery: Well, I'm not going to let you mis-characterize it
>blatantly.
>
>Charles Benbrook: The process of genetic transformation in creating a
>GMO food involves overcoming these natural defenses. What the recent
>science is showing, is that some of these genetic modifications are not
>as stable over time as once thought. And they are causing some
>unexpected silencing of certain genes. They are turning on other genes,
>and there are really unusual patterns of protein formation, and the
>stimulation of certain biosynthetic pathways, etc that can lead to the
>production of novel allergens or toxins, or influence the development
>of organisms. We are just beginning to understand how organisms
>counter-act genetic modification. The new science is saying that it is
>not as simple as we once thought. Sometimes it could lead to adverse
>safety risks.
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