There could be unintended consequences associated with any crop protection approach - synthetic, organic, whatever. However, the active ingredient, double-stra

There could be unintended consequences associated with any crop protection approach - synthetic, organic, whatever. However, the active ingredient, double-stranded RNA, is ubiquitous in nature without obvious adverse impacts. It degrades very readily. It doesn't impact gene expression in mammals, even if completely homologous to a transcript (which is why in contrast to synthetic short interfering RNAs there's no obvious use as a therapeutic). It's an extraordinarily narrow spectrum approach, which is quite different to anything in the past, and why the approach is receiving a lot of interest and investment. There's ongoing synthesis of data on environmental impacts. Have a read: https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=env/jm/mono(2020)26&doclanguage=en https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocument...