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Are you commenting on the safety of GMO DNA structure, and long-term biology? Or are you approving the chemicals that are sprayed on GMOs because they can surv
by aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
Are you commenting on the safety of GMO DNA structure, and long-term biology?
Or are you approving the chemicals that are sprayed on GMOs because they can survive them?
- epgui 5y agoI am commenting on GMOs and GMOs only, I am not commenting about the safety of chemicals. GMO products themselves are biosimilar/essentially-equivalent to non-GMOs. I think being opposed to the spraying of fields by whatever herbicide or pesticide is a legitimate position, but it's a distinct problem. Yes, I realize that they often come together, but that is not necessarily the case. You can easily have a GMO that has nothing to do with pesticide or herbicide resistance, in fact there are plenty of those, and they unfortunately all get lumped into the same category in public discourse. And even in the worst case, where a GMO's purpose is to be used alongside a herbicide such as glyphosate... It's not clear that the alternative is any better. In fact most other categories of herbicides are way more hazardous (note that I am not a herbicide expert, but I do know a thing or two about them). I don't want to defend any bad companies, and I don't know what the solution is, but one thing I know for sure: feeding everyone is actually super complicated.