RE: [pf] Risks, imposed or chosen

by David A

18 December 2000 02:38 UTC

tully wrote:
> Doesn't the threat of mega-weeds worry you? 

>From McHughen, pp 126-7: 

"One of the greatest fears in the public mind is the release of 
herbicide resistant GM crops escaping to become uncontrollable 
superweeds devastating the countryside. It's unfortunate that 
'herbicide-resistant' implies that the plant is resistant to (or 
tolerant of) _all_ herbicides. All plants are naturally resistant to 
some herbicides. At best, it means a GM plant is resistant to one 
additional herbicide, or, at worst, a class of similar herbicides.... 
In any case, GM herbicide-resistant plants are not superweeds immune to 
all herbicides.... All plants, including all GM plants, are susceptible 
to at least some herbicides...."