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I don't follow the GMO debate closely, so I can't really say anything interesting about the data presented here, but it's interesting to me that these sorts of
by skywhopper 9y ago
I don't follow the GMO debate closely, so I can't really say anything interesting about the data presented here, but it's interesting to me that these sorts of articles never talk about the larger systemic risks which I personally find to be by far the more salient argument.
Sure GMO products are probably safe to eat, and it's pretty obviously in farmers' immediate economic interest to use them. But what about the risks of agricultural monoculture? How diverse is the GMO and non-GMO corn that's grown around the world, and what are the trends in that diversity? What about trends in diversity of staple crops in general? How fast can the GMO industry react when a new blight or weed or bug comes along that's immune to the built-in resistance?
Finally, this article is published on a site that's devoted to promoting GMO foods. So, take its claims with a grain of salt. They may be entirely right, but an advocacy site is not going to post an article that questions the premise of its very existence. So from the point of view of trying to learn about the subject, this is probably a really poor place to start.
- sampo 9y ago> But what about the risks of agricultural monoculture?But what about the risks of agricultural monoculture? Most of agriculture, GMO and non-GMO alike, is monoculture. It was monoculture long before GMOs were even invented.