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    41 year ago

    The article talks lots about GMO food, which is a valid consideration.

    Is it fair to say that another aspect the article seemed to skip over is the potential for genetic modification, gene drives and so on for possible pest control strategies? Something like Crispr wasn’t even a concept in 1996 when the current legislation was passed.

    NZ has some unique pest problems that are likely to need local research for some of the specifics which might be really really useful here in future, but my understanding is that current GMO-blocking legislation kind of knee-caps a lot of that possible research beyond a certain point and makes it really hard, or impossible.

    It might be that it’s still appropriate to keep those restrictions in place because these are big decisions with potentially big consequences, or not, but I think it’s something that also needs consideration alongside the food angle.