Why? Tweaking the genes of something doesnt magically make it dangerous
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BeBopaLula@piefed.ca 23 hours ago
Umm, I personally would be more worried about the bioengineered stuff myself.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 23 hours ago
grue@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
It depends what they’re tweaking and why. For example, a lot of stuff is tweaked to become “Roundup ready,” and facilitating the mass use of glyphosate is dangerous.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 22 hours ago
Sure, but a crop merely being bioengineered does not imply that that specific tweak has been made
Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 hours ago
We’ve been manipulating the genes of plants since 1716 when Thomas Fairchild first grafted two different things together to make the first hybrid plant. If you like modern corn, you can thank bioengineering.
BeBopaLula@piefed.ca 22 hours ago
I dunno, I see stuff about there is not even original corn and other items left anywhere except for seed banks.
Also don’t like bioengineered means they own it. Corps don’t share.Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 hours ago
I can agree that Monsanto can fuck all the way off.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Monsanto is dead, Bayer is the devil incarnate.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Look into it. Bioengineering is not scary, it’s just a word the some media outlets fear monger
altphoto@lemmy.today 21 hours ago
Exactly. If your body can eat it, its done. Its just carbon.