Kickstarter banned GMO
Last Wednesday, the famous crowdfunding site Kickstarter made changes to the rules of its work. The number of prohibited projects on the site added projects with GMOs (genetically modified organisms). This happened just a couple of weeks after the company Glowing Plants collected $ 484 thousand for the development of luminous plants.
Genetics from Glowing Plants position luminous plants as "the first step in creating natural light," that is, in a way, as a substitute for light bulbs.
Having invested only 40 dollars, each investor will receive a bag with seeds of luminous plants for growing at home.
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For 10 thousand. You can even embed arbitrary text, up to 30 characters, in the plant's DNA.
It would seem that bad in such projects, why ban them? Kickstarter representatives could not give a clear explanation: “We want to be as open as possible, while at the same time protecting the welfare and creative spirit of Kickstarter in the long run,” they said.
Apparently, the ban is associated with the widespread opinion that genetically modified organisms are supposedly harmful to human health, although there is not a single reliable scientific study that would confirm this hypothesis.
In order not to provoke disputes and not attract the attention of negatively-minded "fanatics", it was decided to prohibit such products for financing. It is a pity that because of this, many interesting and promising projects will not receive material support. all the more sad that Kickstarter has forbidden to finance not only foods with GMOs, but generally any development in this area.
Genetics from Glowing Plants position luminous plants as "the first step in creating natural light," that is, in a way, as a substitute for light bulbs.
Having invested only 40 dollars, each investor will receive a bag with seeds of luminous plants for growing at home.
')
For 10 thousand. You can even embed arbitrary text, up to 30 characters, in the plant's DNA.
It would seem that bad in such projects, why ban them? Kickstarter representatives could not give a clear explanation: “We want to be as open as possible, while at the same time protecting the welfare and creative spirit of Kickstarter in the long run,” they said.
Apparently, the ban is associated with the widespread opinion that genetically modified organisms are supposedly harmful to human health, although there is not a single reliable scientific study that would confirm this hypothesis.
In order not to provoke disputes and not attract the attention of negatively-minded "fanatics", it was decided to prohibit such products for financing. It is a pity that because of this, many interesting and promising projects will not receive material support. all the more sad that Kickstarter has forbidden to finance not only foods with GMOs, but generally any development in this area.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/188936/
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