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I came across a editorial about cloning while doing research for a post on food irradiation. It leads off with
While Dolly lived a painful, arthritic life and died prematurely, possibly due to the imperfections of cloning,…
I am all for people being able to make choices about their food. If it is the right choice, fear and misinformation are not needed.
The article leads off with the widespread myth that Dolly suffered because she was a clone. Truth is she had arthritis because she lived on concrete, in a display barn. She died of the same respiratory infection that killed many other animals in her barn, none of which were clones. The other sheep cloned at the same time have lived (and I believe some are still living) a normal, productive life on pasture, including lambing.
I have a question for the authors: If you so blatantly publish things that are not true, why should I believe any of what you write, in particular over what is published by the FDA?
September 16th, 2008 at 3:31pm
Sarah…great blog. I just posted a blog that on Terry Etherton blog about the attacks on biotechnology! Never ceases to amaze at how the Luddites spew out information without regard anything resembling the facts.
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:52am
Well, gosh, isn’t that what love is all about? Lie to me, so I can believe you? Or advertising? ;o) The human system is hard-wired to believe what it wants to believe. Lying is part of the package. That’s why outlets like Down to Earth are so important. It may not feel natural, but sometimes you hae to think and study and over-come an initial “ick” factor to understand the truth.