[TheForge] OT: GM foods OT:

[Bruce Freeman]

Again, I'm no expert, but two more contributions:

The hole in the ozone is getting smaller.  The ban on Freons seems to
be working.  And this was not just a guess or groping for an industry
to blame.  Atmospheric science got serious in the '60's with work on
LA smog, and has got better over the years.  I don't know for sure but
I expect the possibility of Freons being the cause of the destruction
of ozone was proven in the lab -- not easy science to be sure, but
certainly possible.

Also, there has been work showing that antibiotic resistance in
microorganisms can be reversed.  I don't have the article within
reach, but at least two such articles have shown up in C&EN of the
ACS.  A small molecule is able to destroy the resistance of
microorganisms to (some?) antibiotics.  In principal, then, this
molecule could be used in combination with antibiotics for treating
antibiotic-resistant diseases.  I am not up on this topic, but the
obvious catch is that there's no saying that the first such molecules
developed are suitable to this task.  They might be toxic, for
example, or have unacceptable side effects.  But the principal has
been developed, and it is likely that it is being followed up on in a
search for useful "drug enhancers."

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Hoss McGregor <thor54 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: artgawk at thegrid.net
>> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 19:34:31 -0700
>> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT: GM foods OT:
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>> On May 26, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
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>> > I'm no expert and don't want get in the middle of this, but I DON'T
>> > see the argument here about genes migrating between plant species.
>> > Soybeans and corn are "Roundup  Ready" today.  Maybe ragweed, or worse
>> > weeds, will be "Roundup  Ready" tomorrow!  This happens.  Monsanto
>> > doesn't want to admit it happens, but it happens.
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>> Oh, it's happening and worse will happen too.
>> Fortunately, the harm is mostly to the Roundup company in this instance.
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