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Feeding the world: GM is not the answer : Comments
By Bob Phelps, published 24/6/2008Aligning ourselves uncritically with US policy on Genetically Manipulated crops is not in Australia's interests.
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Posted by rojo, Friday, 11 July 2008 5:41:18 PM
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I would question on what basis you believe this, I haven't seen anyone claim potential damage to the soil, and after 10 years of growing GM cotton have seen no effect on soil. Obviously pasture is not desireable in a crop, so I can't comment on that but would wonder why you would expect an effect on it since you aren't using glyphosate on pasture anyway. The Bt gene(for insects) is from a soil bacterium in the first place.
Sometimes you wonder where organic producers are coming from, they don't use glyphosate(if they are genuine) so resistance really won't affect them. They can use Bt sprays, so concern from that repect is quite hollow.
The more I think about it GM is quite likely the only really sustainable way to farm, no relying on pesticides, perhaps work on nitrogen nodulation like legumes, alleopathy and drought genes. What's not to like about the future? You never know if you don't have a go.