Dude, why would just make up an article like this? It's physically impossible for the modified genes in potatoes to cause a flu virus strain that is already closely related to a class of other viruses that have been around for decades. In 1918 the Spanish Flu that wiped out tens of millions worldwide was also a strain of the H1N1 type of influenza virus.

GM Food has its a few of its current genes modified for specific purposes, normally to increase quality, flavor, and yield. These genes are quite different than viral DNA.

In order for anybody to contract the flu virus from potatoes, then the potatoes would have to be injected with a solution containing the virus and nutrients, and then ...

Dude, why would just make up an article like this? It's physically impossible for the modified genes in potatoes to cause a flu virus strain that is already closely related to a class of other viruses that have been around for decades. In 1918 the Spanish Flu that wiped out tens of millions worldwide was also a strain of the H1N1 type of influenza virus.

GM Food has its a few of its current genes modified for specific purposes, normally to increase quality, flavor, and yield. These genes are quite different than viral DNA.

In order for anybody to contract the flu virus from potatoes, then the potatoes would have to be injected with a solution containing the virus and nutrients, and then the potatoes could not be cooked, because that would destroy all DNA (extreme heat tends to make it unravel and break up). Who eats raw potatoes?

GM technology is something that could help solve a great deal of problems and enhance our quality of life. Mankind has been using selection techniques to change plants and animals for thousands of years. Look at most of the food we eat - all results of thousands of years of selective breeding.

GM is a much more precise way of producing the desires results, WITHOUT the unwanted ones.

Sure, the big corporations are going to bleed it dry and do everything they can to make it really expensive, and to drag out the release of new features, - but they already do that with most everything else anyways.

GM Technology, like all our technologies, is completely neutral. It could be used for a lot of good, or a lot of bad.

Perhaps instead of looking at the individual technologies as the villain, we ought to start investigating the corruption in our corporate world first.