As I mentioned, we hadn't done a lot of work on GM organisms before this particular situation arose in our backyard. I would say we have concerns, but we're not de facto or a priori opposed to all GM organisms. It depends on the use and the containment. Again, I do think, and even among some of my colleagues, we don't appreciate what is coming at us. What is it going to mean for trees, fish, birds, insects, that we are now moving genetic material so easily across species boundaries, and what does that mean for biodiversity? What does it mean for the functioning of what we would call a natural ecosystem?
We've a little bit of what this can look like with zebra mussels, and these are just a species arriving versus the movement of genetic material between species. Nonetheless, we see what impact invasive species can have on our native ecosystems.