Comments on: India and Bt Brinjal/Eggplant http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/2010/02/09/india-and-bt-brinjaleggplant/ Genetics: Studying the Source Code of Nature Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/2010/02/09/india-and-bt-brinjaleggplant/comment-page-1/#comment-4702 James Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:40:36 +0000 http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/?p=1372#comment-4702 You're right, there isn't much noise about toxic spinach. I'd be interested to hear more if you get the chance. (A quick google search didn't enlighten me further.) I'd guess the idea that genetically engineered plants are dangerous, though, in my view, completely false, captures the imagination in a way normal forms of food poisoning does not. After all, many movies come out each year with story lines that involve science that goes horribly wrong. Few if any movies have subjects like people who mistake a plant native to north america for horseradish and spend the next 24 hours vomiting. You’re right, there isn’t much noise about toxic spinach. I’d be interested to hear more if you get the chance. (A quick google search didn’t enlighten me further.)

I’d guess the idea that genetically engineered plants are dangerous, though, in my view, completely false, captures the imagination in a way normal forms of food poisoning does not.

After all, many movies come out each year with story lines that involve science that goes horribly wrong. Few if any movies have subjects like people who mistake a plant native to north america for horseradish and spend the next 24 hours vomiting.

]]> By: Ohzee http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/2010/02/09/india-and-bt-brinjaleggplant/comment-page-1/#comment-4700 Ohzee Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:35:44 +0000 http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/?p=1372#comment-4700 So much noise over eggplants which I doubt would do even half the damage done by the toxic spinach that you see growing next to every railway track and makes it to just about every urban household. So much noise over eggplants which I doubt would do even half the damage done by the toxic spinach that you see growing next to every railway track and makes it to just about every urban household.

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