| ▲ | odyssey7 16 hours ago | |
Likely not what you’re describing, but this hypothetical is what came to mind. Consider if organism A consumes organism B in a symbiotic way. E.g., organism B makes berries. Then, we engineer A to seek out and consume DDT, perhaps by making DDT delicious or fragrant to A. Unexpected consequence: organism B evolves to produce berries that are absolutely redolent with DDT. This might happen centuries later, due to the DDT-phillic genes outlasting the presence of artificial DDT in the environment, or it could happen much sooner, or it might never happen. Hard to know. “Life finds a way.” | ||