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Possible problems with GMO: - Harder to digest proteins - Possible new allergies for some people (because if slightly different proteins, or mixes from other pl
by Qantourisc 9y ago
Possible problems with GMO:
- Harder to digest proteins
- Possible new allergies for some people (because if slightly different proteins, or mixes from other plants)
- Plants with build in pesticide
- Patents
- Plant monoculture
- Plants that grow faster and are cheaper, but not optimized for taste.
Is the above list inherit to GMO's: no. Do I know if the GMO I am eating is suffering from this: no. As such until I get detailed information about your GMO, I prefer to avoid it.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoWait, you listed some hypotheticals, said they don't necessarily apply, and still concluded they do? But what do I know. I'm a food contrarian - if I see two items, one labeled "no GMO" and one without such label, I pick the latter...
- brucephillips 9y ago> and still concluded they do? When did they do this?
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThe way I read that comment was: - [list of possible problems with GMOs] - Are they inherent to GMOs? No. - Do I know if a given GMO has them? No. - Conclusion: I will avoid GMOs.
- dragonwriter 9y agoYou don't know if modern non-GMO crops have these problems, either; transgenic (“GMO”) crops actually have greater controls than modern non-transgenic (“non-GMO”, though their genetics are, in fact, artificially modified) crops in many ways. It's completely irrational to focus on “GMOs”.