Post by toni on Jun 13, 2012 11:39:06 GMT -5
I didn't know this about the bollworms.
A few years ago, I'd found "2 Pink cotton bollworms"
wiggling around on the carpet in the family room here.
I didn't have the faintest clue "how" something like that
would even be in Nevada, since NV doesn't grow cotton.
Initially I had the eerie feeling "they came out of my lesions".
Whether they did or not, I don't know, because I vacuum
the floors daily, so I didn't know what to think, and nothing makes
sense anyways with Morgs.
Well, just a few minutes ago, I'm reading about 'engineered
insects' which I knew they did that, but...I didn't know about
the cotton boll worm. Hummmm has me wondering now of
course.
But look what they say here too.
The Arizona experiment: (which is next door to Nevada)
The Arizona Experiment
A few years ago, at a secret location in Arizona, genetically modified pink bollworms --
Pectinophora Gossypiella -- were released to see how they behave in the wild.
They were the first GM insects to be released anywhere, and they were freed under netting.
The intent was that if the experiment was deemed a success, the insects would be further
modified and released into the great wide spaces where they would breed but produce no
offspring that survive.
And:
Uncertainties
The scientists involved say the strictest safeguards are in place.
However, there is uncertainty about the lasting effects GM insects would have on ecosystems,
public health and food safety once released.
www.bing.com/images/search?q=genetically+modified+insects+and+pupa+pictures&view=detail&id=6555EC612EB06D5076CFD34B145246DE8FC94346&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR
A few years ago, I'd found "2 Pink cotton bollworms"
wiggling around on the carpet in the family room here.
I didn't have the faintest clue "how" something like that
would even be in Nevada, since NV doesn't grow cotton.
Initially I had the eerie feeling "they came out of my lesions".
Whether they did or not, I don't know, because I vacuum
the floors daily, so I didn't know what to think, and nothing makes
sense anyways with Morgs.
Well, just a few minutes ago, I'm reading about 'engineered
insects' which I knew they did that, but...I didn't know about
the cotton boll worm. Hummmm has me wondering now of
course.
But look what they say here too.
The Arizona experiment: (which is next door to Nevada)
The Arizona Experiment
A few years ago, at a secret location in Arizona, genetically modified pink bollworms --
Pectinophora Gossypiella -- were released to see how they behave in the wild.
They were the first GM insects to be released anywhere, and they were freed under netting.
The intent was that if the experiment was deemed a success, the insects would be further
modified and released into the great wide spaces where they would breed but produce no
offspring that survive.
And:
Uncertainties
The scientists involved say the strictest safeguards are in place.
However, there is uncertainty about the lasting effects GM insects would have on ecosystems,
public health and food safety once released.
www.bing.com/images/search?q=genetically+modified+insects+and+pupa+pictures&view=detail&id=6555EC612EB06D5076CFD34B145246DE8FC94346&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR