re: 49% of Americans now believe GMO food is bad for you, up from 39% in 2016

Maybe just sterilize them.

I do extensive research on GMOs as part of my job and I’m of the opinion they are beneficial with no ill effects. But naive consumers who are anti-GMO present a great market opportunity.

Most people don’t realize that crops are genetically engineered primarily to be pesticide resistant. They think it’s to make them bigger.

Until some true safety tests are done.....the truth will be unknown. Why risk it if you don't have to?

Just label it clearly and let the public decide whether they want to test it. Very few are calling for a ban of GMO, they just want to know where it is so they can avoid it.

Everyone should be happy with that.

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Point being, there's no such thing as a true "heirloom" crop due to nature and about 4.5 billion years.

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The concerns generally lie with gene spliced GMO, not cross breading or other more natural forms of modification because those still adhere and are filtered by natural processes.

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Most people don’t realize that crops are genetically engineered primarily to be pesticide resistant. They think it’s to make them bigger.

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False. glyphosate is a huge reason people don't like GMOs. glyphosate shouldn't be anywhere near food. It toxifies everything remotely close to it.

A more interesting question would be "what % of the people polled actually know what the acronym GMO stands for?"

This reminds me of a segment on the Jimmy Kimmel Show a few years back (before he turned into a complete pussy) where they went around LA asking people if they knew what gluten was? All the bozos they asked had gluten-free diets, but that had no idea what gluten actually was. They just knew gluten = bad because someone or some marketing campaign told them it was.

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That's what this poll reflects. A bunch of gullible morons who don't know what GMO means, but heard someone say it's "bad"

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= bad because someone or some marketing campaign told them it was.

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American society

Herbicide is a pesticide.


BTW, almost all of our food now is GMO.

No, herbicide kills plants and pesticide kills animals. They are different.

GMOs aren't bad by themselves. What is bad is crops that are resistant to pesticides that kill bacteria.

Then they spray the crops with those pesticides which end up fricking up the good bacteria in our digestive systems.

There are more bacteria cells in our body than human cells and the vast majority are beneficial. Killing all bacteria on the food may increase yield and decrease spoilage rates but I also believe it wreaks havoc on our digestive systems.