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aerowid · 3749 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Debate About GMO Safety Is Over, Thanks To A New Trillion-Meal Study
i don't understand how anyone in the first place could oppese GMOs broadly. To say that genetic modification itself is a risk factor for anything is ridiculous. GMOs are organisms with new genes thrown in, which happens all the time in nature. The only difference between a natural organism and a GMO is that humans had a hand in the design of GMOs. You can, however, oppose specific modifications. If Monsanto puts out some kind of nitrogen fixing corn and a side effect of that nitrogen-fixing gene is like alzheimer's or something, then you can say, "This specific variant of corn is bad, let's not eat it." You can't say, "This corn was genetically modified, therefore all GMOs cause alzheimer's."