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Very well said, and I'm heartened to see your comment at the top of the page. I think it's worth emphasizing that GMOs aren't a category, from a safety point o
by ScottBurson 14y ago
Very well said, and I'm heartened to see your comment at the top of the page.
I think it's worth emphasizing that GMOs aren't a category, from a safety point of view. There can't be any evidence that all GMOs that will ever be produced will be safe, any more than there could be evidence that all drugs that will ever be synthesized will be safe. We have to look at them individually. I don't think the public has digested this point yet.
EDITED to add: It's also worth keeping in mind that in some cases, the primary danger may not be from the plant itself, but from pesticides to which it has been engineered to be resistant. I'm speaking, of course, of glyphosate, which I understand is being applied in growing quantities as the weeds it is intended to kill evolve their own resistance.