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Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

the problem isn’t that GMOs exist it’s that all GMOs that exist are either sprayed with 10x pesticide or are GM’d to make their own super potent pesticide

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EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Golden rice does neither of these two things. Not that the facts matter when it comes to our irrational fear of gmos.

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- Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  what % of GMO biomass does golden rice constitute
  
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  - EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    More than none, which is enough to disprove your claim.
    
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    newerAccountWhoDis@hexbear.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    What hello Kitty was trying to say is that most people are not objecting GMO but the way it’s used under capitalism, either to sell more pesticides (e.g. glyphosate), to make farmers dependent on seeds via patents, or both. Just because there’s highly idealistic research doesn’t mean it’s compatible with our current system.
    
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- kralk@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Golden rice doesn’t actually exist, not in any meaningful sense
  
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  - EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s widespread adoption, almost certainly resulting in the unnecessary suffering of millions of people, has been hampered by anti-scienitific fanatics. So let’s not confuse that with there being something wrong with golden rice or it not existing.
    
    But if that isn’t enough, we have fast growing salmon, non browning apples, and pink pineapple which are all gmos on the market that don’t have to do with pesticides or pest resistance. If we include ones that are simple resistant to viruses, then the lost grows substantially more.
    
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