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Toxicologist says oil-eating microbes are GENETICALLY MODIFIED -- may cause MRSA-like infection

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Dr. Riki Ott Interview, Ring of Fire (Mike Papanatonio, Esq.), September 25, 2010: Transcript Excerpt The problem is that in our wisdom some of our scientists have decided to see if they could tinker with the genes of this bacteria to see if it could eat oil better. So now we have bio-engineered bacteria out there chomping oil. Does anybody have any idea what this does to people? Some of the medical community have found that these gram-negative bacteria, specifically Alcanivorax [borkumensis], the super-bug, can cause a MRSA like infection. Photos: Riki Ott ...more
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Toxicologist says oil-eating microbes are GENETICALLY MODIFIED -- may cause MRSA-like infection
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Dr. Riki Ott Interview, Ring of Fire (Mike Papanatonio, Esq.), September 25, 2010: Transcript Excerpt The problem is that in our wisdom some of our scientists have decided to see if they could tinker with the genes of this bacteria to see if it could eat oil better. So now we have bio-engineered bacteria out there chomping oil. Does anybody have any idea what this does to people? Some of the medical community have found that these gram-negative bacteria, specifically Alcanivorax [borkumensis], the super-bug, can cause a MRSA like infection. Photos: Riki Ott

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