Jane Rissler Quotes (6 Quotes)

With genetic engineering and even with traditional breeding, it's important that farmers don't become dependent on just a few varieties of a crop, but instead try to preserve diversity.

We have methods in this country to control rabies as far as a human disease is concerned, and we do not need this vaccine and it does not work.

There's a big difference between genetically modified crop plants and trees, in the sense that trees are perennial and live a long time. Will tree roots pump out a genetically modified toxin for years and years And what happens if you have insect-resistant trees spreading genes to relatives that live outside, in unmanaged ecosystems There are many ecological issues with modified trees that need to be carefully studied.

We are skeptical of the benefits, worried about the risks, feel the technology needs to be more regulated and the public needs to have a voice in the process,

Monsanto's decision is at least a recognition that it has heard the public outcry and that the public has a role in how the technology develops, ... The biotech industry up to now has been ignoring pubic opinion. It also gives us an opportunity to tell the USDA that their priorities are wrong and that the federal government should not be funding this kind of research.

Monsanto will continue to pursue applications that will give them greater control over how crops are grown, and to get more out of the seeds,