Ngangivame ukukhathazeka ngokuthi izitha zokulima kwesimanje zizoqeda ukulwa nobuchwepheshe beGM kuphela lapho izingulube zazikhula amaphiko futhi zindiza.
Lokho akukenzeki, kodwa kuthiwani uma izingulube bezikhulisa izinhliziyo futhi zisindise izimpilo zabantu?
Leli phupho libe ngokoqobo ekuqaleni kwale nyanga lapho odokotela baseBaltimore befakela inhliziyo yengulube ehlelwe yisakhi sofuzo endodeni enesifo esisongela ukuphila., esethula ngesibonelo sakamuva sesimangaliso sezokwelapha.
I-New York Times ebizwa ukufakelwa kwezimo eziphuthumayo “inqubo eyisisekelo enikeza ithemba ezinkulungwaneni zeziguli ezinezitho ezingasebenzi kahle.â€
Njengomlimi otshale izitshalo eziguqulwe ngofuzo futhi ongumamukeli wokufakelwa izinso, Ngibe nesithakazelo esikhethekile kuleli cala. Imithelela yayo enhlalakahleni yomuntu inzima ukuyicabangela ngokweqile.
Umnikeli wesilwane wafuywa ukuze akhule isitho esingamukelwa ngumzimba womuntu esikhundleni sokusenqaba. Le ngulube ekhethekile yayiwumkhiqizo wobuchwepheshe obufanayo bokuguqula izakhi zofuzo esizukulwaneni esidlule esithuthukise ukusebenza kwezolimo emhlabeni jikelele..
Lapho izitshalo ezishintshwe izakhi zitholakala kabanzi ekuqaleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka, abantu abaningi babenokungabaza. Isayensi yayiyintsha futhi ingajwayelekile. Ukushintsha izakhi zofuzo zezitshalo kwabonakala kuyinqaba nje.
Ngafunda isayensi ngemuva kobuchwepheshe be-GM futhi ngaqiniseka ukuthi yayingaphephile nje kuphela, kodwa futhi inikeze ithuba elimangalisayo lokutshala ukudla okwengeziwe endaweni encane kunangaphambili. Njengoba ngangitshala futhi ngivuna ummbila oshintshwe izakhi zofuzo nobhontshisi wesoya epulazini lami eNew Jersey, Ngazibonela ngawami indlela ababevikela ngayo izitshalo zami okhulani nasezilokazaneni. Lezi kwakuyizitshalo ezinhle kakhulu engake ngazibona.
Ubuchwepheshe bezitshalo ze-GM yingxenye enkulu yesizathu sokuthi kungani ukudla kuningi, esimeme imvelo, futhi iyathengeka njengamanje kunangaphambili.
Namuhla, kunjalo, Izitshalo ze-GM zamukelwa kabanzi. Abalimi balime izigidigidi zamahektha ezitshalo ezishintshwe izakhi, futhi abantu badla ukudla okunempilo okuvela kukho ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Ngeshwa, Ubuchwepheshe be-GM busabhekene namaphakethe ambalwa okumelana, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwezishoshovu zezombangazwe zaseYurophu. Imibono yabo emelene neGM ibambezele ukwamukelwa kwezitshalo ezishintshwe izakhi emazweni amaningana asathuthuka, ikakhulukazi e-Afrika. Lesi ngesinye sezizathu eziyinhloko ezenza lelo zwekazi lisasilele emhlabeni wonke ekukhiqizeni ukudla.
Manje lobo buchwepheshe bokuhlela izakhi zofuzo busukile endaweni yombila kuya egumbini lokuhlinza, Nokho, izitha ze-biotechnology zingase zifune ukucabanga kabusha ukumelana kwazo. Izinzuzo ze-biotechnology mhlawumbe zisobala kakhulu kunangaphambili. Basanda kusindisa impilo yomuntu futhi bazosindisa okuningi kakhulu.
Ngingumzuzi oqondile wokufakelwa isitho somzimba: Izinso zendodakazi yami zisemzimbeni wami, engigcina ngiphila.
Ngabe ngifile namuhla ngaphandle komusa kaNkulunkulu kanye nomusa wendodakazi yami. Ngiphinde ngibonge odokotela abahlinzayo kanye nesayensi eyenze kwaba nokwenzeka.
Sibonga ubuchwepheshe bofuzo, abantu abaningi abanezitho ezingasebenzi kahle bazojabulela ithuba lesibili lokuphila engibusiswe ukuba nalo.
Ngonyaka odlule, mayelana 41,000 Abantu baseMelika bathola ukufakelwa isitho somzimba, ngokuvumelana ne i-United Network for Organ Sharing. Ingxenye engaphezu kwengxenye yezitho ezitshalwe kabusha kwakuyizinso, kulandele izibindi, izinhliziyo, namaphaphu.
Nokho isidingo sikhulu. Ngaphezu kwe 100,000 Abantu baseMelika basohlwini lokulinda ukufakelwa isitho somzimba, futhi 17 kufa usuku nosuku, imibiko Ukuphathwa Kwezinsiza Zezempilo Nezinsizakalo, i-federal agency.
Kungenzeka ukucabanga ngekusasa lapho izingulube ezihlelwe ngofuzo zisindisa izimpilo ngaso sonke isikhathi-isikhathi lapho lokhu kufakelwa kwezitho zomzimba kungenzi izihloko eziphambili futhi kuwumkhuba njengokukhula kwezitshalo ezishintshwe izakhi..
Ngiyalingeka ukuthi ngicabange lokho ngaphandle kokufika nokwamukelwa kwezitshalo zeGM, ngeke manje sime emngceleni wegatsha elisha lezokwelapha elibandakanya izitho ezivunwe ezingulubeni ezihleliwe. Uma sinenhlanhla, mhlawumbe ukusabalala kokufakelwa kwezitho zengulube kumuntu kuzonxenxa ababhikishi abambalwa abasele be-anti-GM technology ukuthi balahle impi yabo engafanele yokulwa nokulima kwesimanje..
Okungenani nginelungelo lokucabanga kanjalo.
Yilokho okushiwo umlingiswa wesihloko phakathi nengxoxo ekhohlisayo ethi "Izigigaba zika-Alice e-Wonderland,†inoveli yakudala kaLewis Carroll.
“Kunjalo nje,†kuphendula uMaDube, “njengoba izingulube kufanele zindiza.