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by hjhjhjhjhj12 2703 days ago
Yes, but most decisions don't intentionally make permanent heritable changes to a species. It's not convincing to say the worst-case scenario associated with GMO monocultures is the same risk associated with, say, a person taking a new drug. One could only effect one person, and that person's consent is possible to obtain. The other could effect millions of people, and is almost impossible to obtain their consent. (Arguably, the anti-labeling campaign is an attempt to make getting such consent irrelevant).
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It's never one person taking a new drug though. I also doubt any GMO can be as bad as say leaded gasoline or gun manufacturing.