Richard

You all have been eating genetically modified foods a lot longer than you think. Consider that many variations in plants were produced in the last 150 years by irradiating seeds (treating them with radioactive materials). Among other things, this has brought you berry and pomegranate varieties without thorns -- which of course lowers the price and pain of picking the fruit. Also, many of the variegated ornamental plants you cherish were produced this way, along with countless color variations in flowers.

By the way, one of the motivations for trying seed irradiation was that botanists noted the incredible variation in plants near surface deposits of radioactive uranium ore in southern Africa and other places.

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