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Editorial [of The Open Ethics Journal, vol. 3, "Hot topic"]
Portin, Petter
Portin, Petter
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"We consume approximately one gram's worth of genes in every meal. This may not seem like very much, but each of our meals contains trillions of individual genes. The transfer-genes contained in genetically modified food-stuffs are chemically speaking identical to any other genes -- including our own. Why then fear GM food? Genes are not poisonous, but a natural part of the nutrition nature provides. For the average consumer, plants are the most important organisms when it comes to genetic engineering. For the time being at least, all GM food in the market originates from plants. GM foods from animal sources do not figure in the market as yet. [...]", p. 1
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2009
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