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I would still consider things that are designed to kill moths and herbs to be poison, conceptually - especially in contrast to GM crop that is designed to be bi

I would still consider things that are designed to kill moths and herbs to be poison, conceptually - especially in contrast to GM crop that is designed to be bigger/healthier/more resistant to weather/quicker to grow. I don't think people would be as skeptical towards the latter group.

Blahah 13y ago
That's a good technical point about the vocabulary - it's poisonous but to very specific species. I should have said not poisonous to humans. Regardless of how people feel, the need to use toxic pesticides and insecticides are a huge problem in agriculture and Roundup-ready and Bt crops tackle those problems. Next-generation GM crops will be much more geared towards disease and salt/drought stress resistance.