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cloned meat??
| Wed, 01-28-2009 - 7:31pm |
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18137332
Are you ready for meat from cloned sources?
| Wed, 01-28-2009 - 7:31pm |
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18137332
Are you ready for meat from cloned sources?
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no. i'm not convinced this is a good idea.
I have no problem with it.
That is just creepy!
I'm a vegetarian, so it really doesn't effect me, but I don't think it is necessarily unsafe.
One side effect of the cloning process is that the cloned animals have a shorter lifespan and age quicker.
Physiologically, I still can't see how it would be harmful to eat cloned animals.
Meat (especially beef) is so resource heavy that we have to come up with a solution. It is ridiculous that a head of lettuce is more expensive than a fat food hamburger, given the process that goes into getting that beef and that bun on our table.
One of the other challenges to healthy living is the short shelflife of food. Scientists are struggling to continue to make food more pest resistant, bigger, faster grow times, and plants more productive. But they also meet challenges from the public who continues to fight against genetically modified food.
Steak from lab? Lettuce that stays fresh for a month+? Would you eat it? Should it be labeled?
<< fat food hamburger>>
intentional or a freudian slip? lol. i dont know. i'm really torn. between over population and depleting resources, it make sense to create genetically engineered... but i just dont trust it quite yet.
Lol! What a typo!
I feel the same about the meat, less so about the veggies. We have been genetically altering our crops for thousands of years. However, recent advances in food science have also been negative. We have abundant crops of flavorless veggies. Even organic bananas taste better than their "everyday" counterparts. Bananas are great to begin with - who thought they'd get better!
Fruit that I never touched from the grocery store were sampled at the farmers market, and now tempt me as their season's approach.
I'm hoping that they can restructure farming subsidies to support more local farming/distribution. I think its better for food safety, for commerce, and for our health.
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