“We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for.”
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The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.
It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there's no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic.
In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn't have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture.
The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to.