If there is nothing wrong or harmful about GMOs, then why not be transparent? There should be nothing to hide.
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Another issue is that they make modifications that allow crops and grasses to be resistant to harmful chemicals, like Roundup. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, except that then the farmers start whole-sale spraying Roundup, for example, causing all the other plants and animals to die, getting it into our waterways and onto the food that people don’t always wash well enough.
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In each of these cases, it’s not the fact that there are genetic modifications to the plant or animal that are
the concern, but rather, what are the consequences of these modifications, particularly the unanticipated and un-studied consequences.
I am not arguing that we should completely ban all GMOs, but that we should be aware of them and regulate them. The European Union has very detailed guidelines on the development, labeling and use of GMOs and I believe the United States should understand why these guidelines exist in the EU and implement some, if not all of them.