by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq.
In the days of old, a student would give the teacher an apple as a nice gesture. But today, if the Biotech Industry gets their way, that same gesture may be equivalent to the apple the Witch gave to Snow White.
As many are now aware, the widespread genetic modification of food involves, among other things, the manipulation of DNA. As if that wasn't dangerous enough, the Biotech Industry has developed a new and almost entirely untested genetic modification technology , called RNA interference. Many scientists warn that this new technology as applied to our food, manipulates RNA which gets into our digestive systems and bloodstreams with untold health ramifications.
The RNA interference technology, subject to the expected approval of the USDA in the near future, has been applied to conventional apples, known as the Arctic Apple. In addition to featuring RNA manipulation, this new "Frankenapple" will be covered in toxic pesticide residue, virtually untested by the FDA and most likely be unlabeled.
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