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GENET-news articles on GE pigs (EnviroPig)

2011-04-19 |

GE technology holds promises and perils for the USA

What’s certain is that plants and animals awaiting approval hold both promise and peril. The promise is intriguing. Monsanto’s drought-tolerant corn, for instance, might withstand the drier conditions climate change is expected to cause. Then there’s the South Dakota biotech company whose cattle are resistant to mad cow disease; an ”Enviropig” that produces low-phosphorous manure; and another pig that produces omega-3, so consumers could get their dose of heart-healthy fatty acids from bacon instead of fish oil or flaxseed. Yet no one knows exactly what will happen when transgenic products are released into the environment.

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2011-04-19 |

GE technology holds promises and perils for the USA

What’s certain is that plants and animals awaiting approval hold both promise and peril. The promise is intriguing. Monsanto’s drought-tolerant corn, for instance, might withstand the drier conditions climate change is expected to cause. Then there’s the South Dakota biotech company whose cattle are resistant to mad cow disease; an ”Enviropig” that produces low-phosphorous manure; and another pig that produces omega-3, so consumers could get their dose of heart-healthy fatty acids from bacon instead of fish oil or flaxseed. Yet no one knows exactly what will happen when transgenic products are released into the environment.

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