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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

zalinda

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2. There seems to be a mix up

Reply to Wilms (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 7, 2016, 01:39 PM

Jan 2016

of what GMO is and means. GMO (to my mind) is a classification where gene splicing is used to import a quality into an organism that would not be able to be introduced by hybridization.

The Amflora potato would more be considered as a hybrid, not a GMO, although it's genes may have been altered.

It is a sticky situation and there should be a standardization of all these terms.

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Well, whad'ya know. Contrary to popular belief, GMOs aren't banned in 60 counties. [View all] progressoid Jan 2016 OP

Ran across this on Wiki. Wilms Jan 2016 #1

There seems to be a mix up zalinda Jan 2016 #2

Seem to remember that number being thrown about on DU. progressoid Jan 2016 #3

In other words... Wilms Jan 2016 #4

Well... HuckleB Jan 2016 #5

Pretty clear that there's a ban on growing GMOs in a lot of places. Wilms Jan 2016 #6

"Ban" is not the same as saying that growing hasn't yet been approved. HuckleB Jan 2016 #7

Ban means ban according to the wiki page. Wilms Jan 2016 #8

Wiki? HuckleB Feb 2016 #9

Your killing me, Huck. Wilms Feb 2016 #10

That's quite a few less places than claimed otherwise. HuckleB Feb 2016 #11

I don't think a single thing I asserted or posted to support it is in dispute. Wilms Feb 2016 #12

Of course you don't. HuckleB Feb 2016 #13