As you say, humans are encroaching on many animals' habitats, and cloning may someday provide us with a means of perpetuating nearly-extinct species. But a lot of folks would consider that a positive thing (a last-ditch effort, to be sure, but still a positive).
I'm not sure that there are any "disgusting chemicals" in cloned meat or milk. The FDA study found those products safe. And, if you think about it, there's no reason to think that there would be any contamination. (At least, not any more contamination than we already see in conventional food products...E. coli, antibiotics, salmonella, campylobacter, growth factors, etc...)
But I do respect your choice to NOT eat cloned animal products. And you can be sure that if any major food distributor starts to sell cloned products, you'll hear about it. A new marketing niche--we never sell clones!--will pop up, too.
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A lot of people agree with you that "cloned meat is gross."
For some reason, it has an inherent "yuck factor."
However, cloned meat or milk will NOT solve world hunger. As a previous poster said, a clone is nothing more than an artificially created twin. All the resources that go into producing animals today would be used in raising and feeding clones, plus the extra cost of producing them in the first place. (Now, artificial meat, which Joe posted about on 2/17/07, actually might be able to provide protein for the millions of people who go without.)
As you say, humans are encroaching on many animals' habitats, and cloning may someday provide us with a means of perpetuating nearly-extinct species. But a lot of folks would consider that a positive thing (a last-ditch effort, to be sure, but still a positive).
I'm not sure that there are any "disgusting chemicals" in cloned meat or milk. The FDA study found those products safe. And, if you think about it, there's no reason to think that there would be any contamination. (At least, not any more contamination than we already see in conventional food products...E. coli, antibiotics, salmonella, campylobacter, growth factors, etc...)
But I do respect your choice to NOT eat cloned animal products. And you can be sure that if any major food distributor starts to sell cloned products, you'll hear about it. A new marketing niche--we never sell clones!--will pop up, too.