⚡️🧬 WATCH - A lady at the grocery store shows that every single thing she picks up now says “Contains bioengineered ingredients”
“I'm here at Aldi, and almost everything they have contains bioengineered food ingredients. This is all fake food."
https://blossom.primal.net/b72193bda56fa49745ab7d3c9c5457bdb961001d5d5e23ff493c3c950453e8cd.mp4
All food that we eat has been ‘bioengineered’ through selective breeding, meat and plants.
Selective breeding and genetic engineering are completely different.
One involves selecting for traits over generations, the other involves taking genes from a different organism and splicing them into something for a desired trait.
Both change genes, so they are hardly "completely different"
In many ways genetic engineering is superior technology and perhaps crucial for mankind to survive as the environment changes and the crops need to be adapted so we have food.
The problem, as always, is WHO OWNS this technology. For WHOSE BENEFIT and HOW is it used?
The nuanced distinction between the two approaches is in fact the very critical detail... every single thing humans do HAS to factor in the probability of human error......
Human error in the context of selective breeding has a much lower probability of catastrophic fallout than does human error in the context of direct genetic modification/"bioengineering"
catastrophic how?
If we assume gene X only controls one trait, but it turns out to control a lot of functions, we could introduce weird diseases or mutations by accident. When you selectively breed, you let evolved biological control mechanisms filter out potentially dangerous mututions
I don't trust profit-motivated corporations to tinker/optimize for bigger oranges and beefier cows without tolerating some possibly harmful tradeoffs. These are the ppl that brought us high fructose corn syrup. Given the means, they will ALWAYS want a "stickier" product..
You would of course, run tests on what you created to see if it's harmful or not
Familiar with Roundup? It's a highly toxic chemical that kills nearly anything it touches. Crops were "bioengineered" to be tolerant to roundup. Farmland was then saturated with Roundup, killing only the undesirable plants (weeds).
"Testing" the bioengineered crops would have revealed no problematic effects to the plant. But it turns out human consumption of Roundup is VERY harmful.... nature would have never produced a plant immune to Roundup. Gene editing did. Unfortunately the second/third order effects became apparent only after the practice was already mainstream.... this is a large contributor to America's food supply being toxic
Interesting case, but this is unrelated to the gene editing itself. The problem is Roundup. This is a problem of capitalist system which does not really care who gets cancer, or in the case of private, for profit healthcare, even incentivizes more cancer - because a looooot of profit can be made curing it.
Sure. In this case. I'm just pointing out the problem with unforeseen consequences. You are implying these ppl are good at anticipating consequences. I am suggesting they are abysmal at it. Therefore there should be no tinkering with the source code
Nature is the only proofreader I even marginally trust.
Labeling: The U.S. has a new mandatory "bioengineered" labeling law that requires manufacturers to disclose the use of these ingredients.
Look for the logo: Foods that meet the requirements will have a special logo on their packaging. Some products may also have a QR code or phone number for more information.
Common bioengineered ingredients
Corn: Used to make corn syrup, corn oil, and cornstarch.
Soybeans: Used to make soybean oil, lecithin, and other soy-based ingredients.
Canola: Modified for traits like oil composition and used to make canola oil.
Sugar beets: The source for many refined sugars.
Cotton: Used to make cottonseed oil and ingredients.
Other examples: Genetically engineered versions of potatoes, squash, and papaya are also available.
