[adrianN]

Imho the problem with GMO is patents on gene sequences.

I don't see how altering plants to produce chemicals is more dangerous than introducing new chemicals produced in a lab. We do the latter all the time, most chemicals we use in industrial processes are basically untested for safety (e.g. look at all the additives in plastics or textiles). GMOs can help reduce the need to pesticides and fertilizers so their use can help the environment. But due to overblown fears even completely harmless modifications like introducing new colors of flowers are treated as if they were literally the devil [1].

As with all new techniques it's probably good to be careful and test things for long term adverse effects, but the kneejerk reaction of GMO=dangerous does more harm than good.

[1] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/how-transgenic-petun...

[tomp]

This sounds like a good argument agains new untested chemicals, not an argument for GMOs.

[coin]

Non GMO crops are patented