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• Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  what % of GMO biomass does golden rice constitute

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  • EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    More than none, which is enough to disprove your claim.

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    • newerAccountWhoDis@hexbear.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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      • EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Then why not say that rather than the patently false claim that it’s only for pesticides? You also express some more misconceptions: seeds, regardless of how they are made are patented, are rarely reused farmers pretty much always buy new seeds. This is not an issue limited to gmos. Parents are not just for GMO plants. Again, a separate issue.

        You’re issue seems to be with capitalism, not GMO a tool used by capitalists to make more money.

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• kralk@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Golden rice doesn’t actually exist, not in any meaningful sense

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  • EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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