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have echoed this concern. Dr. Neil Macgregor, a soil microbiologist and Dr. Max Turner, a soil
chemist stated: “…the pollution from genetic engineering once introduced, will be self-
perpetuating in the soil, the plants, the animals and the rest of the environment.”
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Genetic pollution is not just a theoretical concern, it is already occurring in Canada and
Europe. The following is an excerpt from New Scientist magazine: “The emergence of the facts
around genetic pollution in European canola seed sends the alarm bells ringing. More anxiety is
raised when both Greenpeace and seed companies admit that the problem is more
widespread than previously admitted, possibly existing in maize and cotton as well as canola
and goodness knows what else. It is worth investigating whether this is inadvertent genetic
pollution or whether it is intentional. If it is inadvertent then another warning of the dangers of
genetic engineering becomes reality.”
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(Emphasis added)
In 2002 organic canola farmers had their crops contaminated by genes that were
transferred from genetically modified crops to their own; these are known as “transgenes.” A
News Release from the ETC Group reported: “In Canada, the escape of transgenes from GM
canola is a menace for organic farmers who cannot certify their canola crops as GM-free. On
January 10, 2002 organic farmers in Saskatchewan filed a class action suit against Aventis and
Monsanto.”
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Another danger of GM is that the genes could jump species. This could be from one plant
species to another or from plant to bacteria, insect, virus, etc. Again this is not theory, a German
zoologist has discovered its occurrence as a result of a four-year study. Professor Hans-Hinrich
Kaatz, “found that the alien gene used to modify oilseed rape had transferred to bacteria living
inside the guts of honey bees.” “The research… suggests that all types of bacteria could become
contaminated by genes used in genetically modified technology, including those that live inside
the human digestive system.”
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The dangers presented by this discovery were commented on by
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, a geneticist at Open University. Ho a critic of GM food stated:
These findings are very worrying and provide the first real evidence of
what many have feared. Everybody is keen to exploit GM technology, but nobody
is looking at the risk of horizontal gene transfer. We are playing about with
genetic structures that existed for millions of years [six thousand according to
scripture] and the experiment is running out of control.
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Most of the effects of genes jumping species are unpredictable but you can rest assured
that it will not be an improvement on what God created. One effect that is predictable is the
jumping of a gene within a species. It is predictable that the gene would have a similar effect
among plants of its own species. Therefore, if the herbicide-resistant gene created by Monsanto
were to jump to a “weedy relative,” the results would be disastrous. You would have mutant
weeds resistant to herbicides. Danish studies not only showed this was possible but that the
herbicide-resistant gene “will jump easily over long distances” during pollination. The gene
becomes “fixed in the genetic code of weedy relatives and is passed on to future generations.”
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Further, crops modified with the herbicide-resistant gene may lead to “a build-up of
herbicide resistance in weeds. Instead of spraying here and there infrequently, you actually have
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