Sir, – Those that promote the use of genetic editing just for getting a bigger crop, what is the reason for their thinking?

Consider that most farmers in the Western World produce a lot of food, yet at least half of it is dumped! Where is the sense of dabbling into things that we do not yet understand and we do not know the long term ramifications of what we do?

Nature has been sustaining the planet for millions of years, yet we want to change it? For the better or worse we do not know and the ones that want to change will not know because they will be dead, as our average life span is a mere 70 years!

Angus A Macdonald

Balivanich,

Benbecula.

PS: Geal ca bi casan na feanag