@ksenapathy @ArcticApples "pretty" apples as described not worth risks of GE experiment, no human health data req'd b4 appproval

@ksenapathy @ArcticApples we can make apples resist browning when sliced: dip in lemon juice. A silly use of invasive tech

@ksenapathy @ArcticApples we ddont know what other interactions "silenced genes" involved in- arrogant to commercialize imo

@ksenapathy @prometheusgreen @ArcticApples "We won't know when they're rotten" is an uber-silly rationalization, even from anti-GMOs. :-P

@ksenapathy they said @ArcticApples the apples will brown, if infected with bacteria/etc.... otherwise will not for many weeks.

@ksenapathy ommm Let's @ArcticApples were they tested on humans? Opals r avail non-browning non GMO, but will tan a little after 6 hrs.

.@nopesticides1 @ksenapathy @ArcticApples Yes, they will brown when going bad. That's the point. They won't brown unless going bad.

@GeoffSchuler I think they go brown but not exactly sure how many weeks @ksenapathy @ArcticApples (you said many....??how many)

.@nopesticides1 @ksenapathy @ArcticApples They go brown when they are going bad. Just like any apple. The gene switch is about oxidation.

.@nopesticides1 @ksenapathy @ArcticApples Decay is a different process and is not affected at all.

@GeoffSchuler @nopesticides1 @ksenapathy @ArcticApples Interesting really...

@JodiKoberinski @ksenapathy @ArcticApples Same goes with every single food item, ever

@JodiKoberinski @ksenapathy @ArcticApples We don't know what that would do to our DNA though! No lemon safety testing ever done!

@ksenapathy @ArcticApples Could be a song. "How will I know! If my apple's rotten? How will I know! If it's really turned bad?"

.@JodiKoberinski @ksenapathy @ArcticApples Not an economic option on a large scale.

@Erst_Officer @ArcticApples ah, if Whitney was only here to record that version!

@Bigsmiffy438 @ksenapathy @ArcticApples you fail to see value of local knowledge, like we stumbled through life until gas chromatography?

@Bigsmiffy438 @ksenapathy @ArcticApples safety testing in diet? Thousands of years of experimentation, refinement.

@JodiKoberinski @Bigsmiffy438 there haven't been thousands yrs of testing for hybrids, mutagenics, marker assisted breeding.