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Originally Posted by omk3
I think I won't look at this thread ever again.
Or eat peanuts.
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Not just peanuts....
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/U...food_increases
"According to tax-supported government studies, Americans consume, a University of Ohio fact sheet estimates, from one to two pounds of insects each year, and without knowing it. , of insect parts and rodent hairs along with their normal diets of fat, cholesterol, and pesticides, so, Johannes suggests, “they should quit their bellyaching.”
Dr. Phillip Harmon agrees. “A few hundred pounds of insect parts and rodent hairs are good for you,” he contends. “Their allowance allows farmers to use a lower level of insecticides on their produce, which slows the rate at which they poison us each year.” "
and
http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/0..._your_food.htm
And Tom I think that targeting genes to kill insects thing is very much a double-edged sword. Who knows what harm we might do to the ecology/environment if that becomes wide-spread.
