Whole fields were rendered sterile, capable of growing wheat only a few inches high. In all these examples, the problem is not only the danger of the technology. It is the consciousness that allows such a mass form of human experimentation to be perpetrated without any consent and warning for the public, not even the labelling of genetically manipulated foods. In some states of the USA it has even been declared illegal to label food as NOT genetically engineered, lest it threaten the profitability of the genetic technology companies. The potential damage that could be caused by unforeseen effects of genetic engineering are vast, formidable and impossible to predict.
Scientists only know what they know.
They certainly don't know what they don't know. For this reason, simple common sense and responsibility dictate that before any genetically altered organisms are produced, a total halt on any releases must be called, so that sufficient knowledge can be accumulated. Scientists around the world have proposed a 50 year moratorium on all genetic experimentation and technology sales. The Natural Law Party has proposed this in 40 countries, and in Western Australia in the recent election campaign was joined by all major parties in a multilateral televised statement urging extreme caution in authorizing any genetically engineered products in Australia. And true proof in science is very, very difficult.