I've not met anyone who is "afraid" of GMO, though anyone with a severe allergy should be very careful of GMO: you just don't know what foreign proteins might b

I've not met anyone who is "afraid" of GMO, though anyone with a severe allergy should be very careful of GMO: you just don't know what foreign proteins might be unexpectedly present. Lots of people are opposed to GMO for various reasons to do with patents, economics, power, ... I think people are quite used to the idea that some parts of an edible plant may be poisonous: rhubarb is another well-known example. A plant requiring special treatment to not be poisonous is a bit more scary, but red kidney beans are not an exotic food in the UK.