Human genes in your food?
posted in Frankenfoods, General, Humor, The Bad Stuff |I’m not real crazy about the thought of genetically modified foods and pharma crops, or what some folks call Frankenfoods. I’m no expert, but it seems to me that when it comes to food, the closer to the way God made it the better. Now they’re talking about injecting safflower and barley with human genes:
Ask the people around you if they want experimental drugs and industrial chemicals in their food or beer — without their knowledge or consent. Chances are they’ll say no. Then tell them experiments that could make that happen are occurring right here in Washington state.
As you read this, a professor at Washington State University and a private Canadian company, SemBioSys, have applied for permits to turn two common food crops — barley and safflower — into virtual factories for synthetic drugs or chemicals.
On its Web site, SemBioSys declares its plan to inject safflower with human genes to produce experimental insulin and a drug for heart attacks and strokes. WSU confirms that it plans to grow barley, injected with human genes, to produce artificial proteins with pharmaceutical properties. Where these fields will be is secret; nearby farmers and residents won’t be notified.
Human genes in your beer? “Honey, is it me, or does this Michelob taste like Bob?”
Maybe they can use the genes of skinny people to make light beer.
