The most common form of GMO is for tolerance of extremely high levels of pesticide and herbicide usage. This is mostly because engineering chemical resistance i

The most common form of GMO is for tolerance of extremely high levels of pesticide and herbicide usage. This is mostly because engineering chemical resistance is a vastly simpler process than pest resistance. Rational people are not generally concerned with the modifications themselves[1], but the results of the practices they allow, which is exactly what this article is about. And it’s not like the actual pest-resistant strains are actually reducing pesticide usage. What incentive does a farmer have to do that? Likely the pesticide resistance is part of the package. Perhaps there is an opportunity to flip this around and make a GMO crop that will not grow at all in the presence of pesticide or herbicide. [1] Yes, there is growing rational concern for GMOs that are not just resistant to chemicals, but actually produce novel compounds that may affect humans.