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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It actually really annoys me that gmo is somehow seen as a universally bad thing when it's really not very different from sped up selective breeding, and could do so much to help the environment and even increase animal welfare (what if there were GMO cows that don't need to have their babies stolen to get milk from them).

But my only options are to either ignore any ethical production issues entirely or completely avoid GMO food.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

GMO is kind of a red herring. It is often done to allow plants to survive Round Up, which had recently been shown to have toxic effects. There's also compelling evidence that many people who think they can't tolerate gluten actually can't tolerate Round Up.

The genetic modification isn't intrinsically a problem, but the chemicals that plants need to be modified to tolerate are.