[DrScientist]

Good points - but the thing that struck me the most with the comparison to chemistry was how many of those new wonder materials turned out to be more dangerous than we originally thought.

The risks with poorly conceived GMO's are so much higher... but fortunately the technology to do it has been out of the reach of all but a few large companies or institutes who have by and large been very careful.

But now the technology is becoming accessible even to individual enthusiasts.....

It's like nuclear technology becoming in reach of the ordinary citizen.