From cucumbers and carrots to white rice and wheat, we humans have altered the genes of almost every food we eat. For almost 10,000 years we've been engineering plants by keeping the seeds from the best crops and planting those the next season. Following this practice year after year has resulted in a slow but steady change -- and a substantial cumulative effect. We've been altering the genetic makeup of crops by cross-pollinating, too. About 8,000 years …
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…is more plentiful. ... It will increase yield. It will shift corn production to earlier planting. - Syringe cost money. Improper use in developing world. Clean them instead of throwing out. World Health Org estimates 100,000 deaths and disease cause by improper needle use. - When you start peeling a banana, the minute that peeling comes off, you are exposing a sterile environment inside. No bacteria. No fungi. Self-contained sterile container that also contains protein. Sterile compartment.