Letter: Genes and food

Friday 14 August 1998 23:02 BST

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Sir: Richard Dawkins (letter, 14 August) correctly points out that some genetically unengineered organisms are poisonous. Clever stuff. He then tries to maintain that the laboratory exchange of genetic material, often between utterly unrelated species, is the same as both natural evolution and selective breeding.

The day I observe a fish having sex with a tomato and producing offspring as a result I will take his opinions and those of the man from Monsanto seriously. In the meantime would he and other scientists respect the caution of those members of the public who would prefer not to be experimented on?

STEPHEN STIRLING

London NW4

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