cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14016887
Props to Doc Mike for being a voice of science amid the prevalence of wrong info on the Web.
The problem isn’t so much the food but that its engineered to work with the pesticides. The pesticides are the real problem.
Exactly. This is the real reason to avoid GMOs. There isn’t anything inherently dangerous about them, but just because the science is sound, that doesn’t mean GMO food is safe either.
Is there a peer-reviewed study that showed that a gmo crop sprayed with a certain pesticide was bad?
Is there peer reviewed research on the downsides of ingesting pesticides? Yes? It’s not that hard to find?
OK, I get it now. :)
From who.int –
To protect food consumers from the adverse effects of pesticides WHO reviews evidence and develops internationally-accepted maximum residue limits.
@drawerair per community rules, please include an original description context of video next time.
Will not be removing this post, but just reminding all members that posts with only links to videos are generally not accepted in this community as it has been a problem in the past.
Thank you for your understanding.
OK. :)
I literally avoid “non-GMO” labeled food. Tell me your product doesn’t have addictive additives and that you don’t sue farmers for unwhittingly sowing seeds fertilized by patented crap in an adjacent field. Oh, and that your seed doesn’t grow sterile plants, causing farmers to have to buy from you season after season.
All but the addiction thing, to my knowlege, are real, ongoing problems with certain(maybe all/most?) GMO products, but no, enter the crunchy fad-cycle to periodically remind us of un-proven health issues from products that were developed to make healthier(for you and I) crops that can grow in food-scarce climates.
Might as well say you prefer poor people starve if you care only about non-existant “health issues”, and not the predatory practices of certain GMO companies.
Seriously, the health thing has been pushed by GMO companies themselves. They created an easy straw man to debunk so that they don’t have to address the actual issues that GMO products, which are much more sinister to me.
Controlling food production in such a draconian way should send you straight to jail, forever.
GMO companies are not in the business of claiming that GMOs are harmful to your health, and their claims that “this modified crop has more Vitamin A”, etc, are both specific and substantiated.
I don’t get your take on my original comment at all. Anti-GMO “health” bs is right up there with anti-vax and anti-nuclear power bullshit.
No, that’s not what I was saying. I’m saying it’s the popular talking point because it’s the ones GMO companies like Monsanto often choose to address in PR moves because it’s easy to debunk.
Reread what I said, I’m not saying GMOs are bad for you. I’m agreeing with you. I’m saying it’s all the other things you mentioned that are the real reason these companies deserve to be scrutinized.
