Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Can an Austin biotech firm radically change the world's food supply?
According to this article in The Texas Observer an Austin-based biotech firm named ViaGen thinks they can save the world from hunger. Since, the first announced cloning of an animal in 1997, Viagen has experimented with cloning livestock and breeding the clones in order to solve food shortages. They think they've found the solution to world hunger. The question is whether its ethical and safe for people to "play God" to make the clones and then consume these clones. Its a very controversial issue. Believe it or not many Americans may have already unknowingly consumed cloned animals or their offspring because company's are not required to put information about their meats being clones anywhere on the packaging. I think Americans deserve to be aware of this issue. Therefore I definitely think it would benefit anybody to read the article.
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