2004-07-30

 

Clones

"[...] Several companies, including ViaGen and Cyagra, offer livestock cloning services so ranchers can reproduce their most elite sires and dams, eliminating the genetic gamble that comes with more traditional methods of reproduction. The animals ranchers choose for cloning will be those that produce better meat or milk, resist disease and reproduce more efficiently.

A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report released Wednesday said there's no evidence that milk or meat from cloned animals will make anyone sick. But it also said researchers need better testing methods and more data. [...]"
Wired News, 30-07-2004

Até era capaz de comprar acções das empresas citadas (enquanto a NAS não reportar nenhum problema, devem render bem), agora a carne e o leite das vaquinhas, nunca!

Ainda bem que em Portugal e na União Europeia existem legislação e controlo suficientes sobre este tipo de produtos. Podemos consumir à vontade!


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