" You can stop the splitting of an atom; you can stop visiting the moon; you can stop using aerosols; you may even decide not to kill an entire population by the use of a few bombs, but you cannot recall a new form of life." - Erwin Chargoff

Imagine a world free of disease, where everyone is healthy and the average life span is 100+ years. To most people that would be a dream come true. According to Biotech companies that are doing research in the field of Genetic engineering that is what GE will make of the future. Hard to believe that that could ever happen. Well it is a possibility ,but a very unlikely one to say the least.

Erwin Chargoff is considered by some to be the father of modern Microbiology. He also said this about GE, "An irreversible attack on the biosphere is something so unheard-of, so unthinkable to previous generations, that I could only wish that mine had not been guilty of it." He said this in reference to the huge price tag that this kind of engineering carries with it. The companies who are for Genetic engineering, in their defense, say that it is only an extension of Classical or Selective Breeding. This practice has gone on for y

Genetic engineering is the hope for curing cancer, AIDS and hundreds if not thousands of other diseases. But these cures come at a great price and one that may end more life than it saves. First you must understand what genetic engineering is.

Theses issues concern everyone in the world and need to be addressed by more than just scientists and politicians. The people must decide. Somehow I think that we need a union of all nations to join together and regulate this affair. We need a direct democracy on this issue not just elected officials. We need every one to decide not just the majority of one country. So until we con form that kind of union I believe that GE should be restricted to a very high degree until this occurs if it ever does happen.

Enemies of Classical Breeding claim that it weakens some natural traits while enhancing others. Inbred dogs look great , but they are usually very dense and usually have other muscle and coordination problems. They also usually tend to lose natural survival skills. Horses are bred usually to be very fast and high endurance, but have very few natural survival skills and have a hard time living in the wild. Also fish that are farmed and then stocked in a lake or river usually overcrowd the natural fish and are more at risk of getting disease and passing it on to the natural fish.

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