Prevention
Preventing seed contamination in agriculture is fairly hard, almost impossible. Better machines constantly help to reduce the number of foreign seeds gathered.
Preventing seed contamination in genetic engineering is simply a matter of separating "pure" seeds from contaminated ones. This will keep a supply of unaltered seeds for future use. If they are allowed to cross pollinate, it is possible that the altered traits will be passed down.
Government agencies, especially within the United States, are setting up programs to stop seed contamination from genetic engineering. The Gone to Seed report lays out a plan to:
- Conduct a study to determine the effects, causes, and extent of seed contamination
- Change current seed regulations to prevent contamination
- Create a "bank" of unaltered seeds
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