Schneier on Security

"corn is always corn"

If only that were the case:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff=/c/...

"Under federal regulations, genetically engineered whole foods and ingredients do not have to be labeled. Certified organic foods are the exceptions."

Ironic then, that the Genetically Engineered plants tend to spread and take over other crops, becoming even harder to identify....

"DNA from GE plants has proven to spread over longer distances than previously expected, and to rapidly contaminate non-GE crops. Wind and pollinators disperse pollen far beyond a field's borders. Animals, birds, and people transport seed across the county and around the world. 'Volunteer' GE plants that unexpectedly sprout one or more years after they were planted contaminate subsequent crops.

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The free-floating DNA of GE canola was conducting its own engineering out in the Canadian fields."

When you eat corn, can you really be sure you aren't eating untested and extreme mutations (like the ProdiGene pig diarrhea vaccine)?

http://ngin.tripod.com/151102a.htm

"U.S. food companies urged the government on Thursday [Nov 14, 2002] to temporarily ban the use of corn, soybeans and other food crops to produce pharmaceuticals after a Texas company accidentally mixed its gene-altered corn with other crops."