[Qantourisc]

Possible problems with GMO: - Harder to digest proteins - Possible new allergies for some people (because if slightly different proteins, or mixes from other plants) - Plants with build in pesticide - Patents - Plant monoculture - Plants that grow faster and are cheaper, but not optimized for taste.

Is the above list inherit to GMO's: no. Do I know if the GMO I am eating is suffering from this: no. As such until I get detailed information about your GMO, I prefer to avoid it.

[dragonwriter]

You don't know if modern non-GMO crops have these problems, either; transgenic (“GMO”) crops actually have greater controls than modern non-transgenic (“non-GMO”, though their genetics are, in fact, artificially modified) crops in many ways.

It's completely irrational to focus on “GMOs”.

[TeMPOraL]

Wait, you listed some hypotheticals, said they don't necessarily apply, and still concluded they do?

But what do I know. I'm a food contrarian - if I see two items, one labeled "no GMO" and one without such label, I pick the latter...

[brucephillips]

> and still concluded they do?

When did they do this?

[TeMPOraL]

The way I read that comment was:

- [list of possible problems with GMOs]

- Are they inherent to GMOs? No.

- Do I know if a given GMO has them? No.

- Conclusion: I will avoid GMOs.