We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products

Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by blacksmith_tb on Monday November 07, 2016 @01:43PM (#12893632)

There current argument du jour about GM has to do with things like the Arctic apple, which doesn't turn brown when it's sliced, due to silencing several genes[1] - this sidesteps the usual "but now there are fish genes in my tomato!" as nothing has been added, just removed.

1: http://www.arcticapples.com/how-did-we-make-nonbrowning-appl...

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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by gnud on Monday November 07, 2016 @06:10PM (#12896114)

But.. there's no "save the earth" argument for this GMO modification, just a mild convenience.

I achieve the same thing by slicing apples with ceramic instead of metal. Think of how much I saved on R&D!

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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by dothts on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @04:33AM (#12898860)

I think the non-browning modification also helps protect the apples during transportation, which in turn reduces waste (since fewer apples will reach the store in a damaged, non-consumer friendly state). Reducing waste _is_ "saving the earth" :)

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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by drvdevd on Monday November 07, 2016 @03:03PM (#12894487)

Interesting post, thanks. This certainly begs the questions of if/how it would be possible to concisely (or even not so concisely) convey this information to consumers.

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