Recent content by lesliedow

Perfect, except for one TINY thing.... The intuition statement followed by the student statement.. "it is intuitively obvious that..." "The exercise will be left to the student..." but of course it will because CHICKEN MATH 🥳🥳🥳

You have an agenda. I choose not to engage.

One more thing. They do tend to lag behind the bleeding edge of technology however.

And the FDA is pretty good about working with the industry to find good ways. They tend do not do things that the industry does not support.

Farmers do not represent consumers, the FDA does.

No don't let the name fool you, actually the warning letters could and often do end up with the company being shut down. 438s result in a lot of work and expense and you still may end up with the company being shut down. These are potentially millions of dollars in fines and expenses. It's very bad.

You are completely off the point here. We are talking about food safety.

It is a matter of degrees and I agree that the speed by which you can force modifications via selection is different from that done via cloning of traits in most cases--but actually not all. Some selection is very fast. However, the direct exchange of genetic material happens all the time in...

EUA is within the law and the guidelines--which you. just stated as did I. I did say it was risk-based as all actions by the agency are. My argument is not all or nothing it is to respect what the agency provides us--which is food and medical safety that is best in the world and the best it has...

Not referriong to hybrids, I am referring to selection for specific traits.

You are welcome. Apologies if I came across as harsh. You should also look into Roundup (glyphosate). Honestly, millions would be dead now due to starvation of this was not available. And I am aware of the WHO position and the recent court judgements but they are not backed up by the literature...

We have been altering the genetics via breeding since the first hunter-gathers decided to plant crops. Your broccoli does not look anything like it did before humans decided to modify the genetics. Same for your chickens and cows and everything.

Nothing is every completely perfect. You have to a cost/benefit analysis. After assessing, having the FDA is far better than not having it. Far better. We actually did not suspend anything for the virus, a risk-based approach, which is what the agency uses anyway, was used. The concerns on...

You are incorrect. That is exactly what this is. I suggest you read some of the 438 and warning letters from the FDA to bad actors and see for yourself. https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/compliance-actions-and-activities/warning-letters...

@Weeg Organic is a marketing term. Are you aware that hydroponic plants cannot be labeled organic even if they meet the legal requirements of trace amounts of pesticides? It's because this is a marketing term and often does not have a lot to do with anything else. GMO has been around since man...