Talk:Timeline of genetically modified organisms

Neutrality of this article disputed
I think this article is biased. There are two anti-GM comments in this article ("... galvanizes citizen skepticism towards the emerging technology..." and "... put on hold due to citizen organizing against approval for sale in the country...") and no comments about the benefits or successes. 10% of the worlds crops are GM. Even the EU imports 30 million tons of GM crops per year. So some people must think there are benefits to grow and buy GM crops. There are also examples in medicine and other areas.--SylviaStanley (talk) 17:32, 7 September 2012 (UTC)


 * In my opinion the comment "... galvanizes citizen skepticism towards the emerging technology..." should not be in this article on the Timeline of genetically modified organsims.  It should be in the article about Genetically modified food controversies.SylviaStanley (talk) 22:04, 12 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Also, the reference cited for the "... galvanizes citizen skepticism..." description is Alan McHugens book 'Pandora's Basket.' McHugen's didn't write that. He described the fish tomato story as an "urban myth" (Chapter 1 -  'Hors-d'oeuvres and entrees').

Factual errors
There are (at least) two factual errors in this article:

Cloning of a carp by Tong Dizhou - cloning is not genetic modification

China genetically modifies rice in 1974 - it wasn't genetic modification. It was hybridisation using standard breeding techniques.

--SylviaStanley (talk) 17:40, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Merge
Maybe this page should be merged into History of genetic engineering. They cover exactly the same topics and that one has some references. AIR corn (talk) 12:56, 15 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Your proposal makes sense. I vote for a merge into History of genetic engineering.SylviaStanley (talk) 15:36, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with Aircorn. It doesn't make sense to have two articles about the same subject. History of Genetic Engineering has more references and is more extensive.KBPOG (talk) 08:23, 16 October 2012 (UTC)