Environmental Challenges and Solutions for Problems » GEO http://ecofuture.net/environment Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:51:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GE Nightmares http://ecofuture.net/environment/ge-nightmares/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ge-nightmares http://ecofuture.net/environment/ge-nightmares/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:12:10 +0000 Umbertus Eco http://ecofuture.net/osquee/?p=51 [myspace]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=39582198[/myspace]

This is a 46 minute video on genetically modified plants and trees in the foreseenable future.

Genetic Engineere Plants

A significant number of such GE trees are known to have been developed to resist insects, such as two poplar species that were commercialised in China. Alerting effects are also detected on the soil. GE trees can affect the bacteria, earthworms and soil respiration. The leaves of GE trees planted along a water sourse can enter the waterways and we still do not have enough data to foresee its consequences for the aquatic life.

Therefore, Genetic technology should therefore be restricted to indoors, with containment, and should not be mixed with wild life.

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