[jaguar]

Few points i just *have* to add.
GM is different form any other form of plant or product modification because it modifies the plant at a fundamental level, and is different form hybrids of species coz u you can import genes from totally alien life forms (such as front resistance from cod to potatoes)

Second point is that while most mistakes, such as spraying poisons can be easily stopped GM modifications of crops are far harder, and there is some proof that it can 'jump' to wild species, super weeds are born.

There is also the issue of control, with Monsanto's patenting of a 'terminator' gene that stop another generation, it forces farmers to buy grain every year, making them totally reliant and chained to these companies to keep their yields.

Great things can be done with GM but for gods sake, lets not have another DDT and toughly test this stuff first, which Europe is doing, blocking some of the dodgiest trials while the us blithely lets everything though.

GM is like sex, one mistake and you might have to deal with it for a bloody long time.