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In reply to the discussion: Neil DeGrasse Tyson Tells Bill Maher That Anti-Science Liberals Are Full of Shit Too [View all]You are presuming the reason for being against GMOs as they are currently used has to be being afraid of eating genetically modified organisms. I have no problem with that.
I just don't want to see pesticide use (and pesticide residue in the environment) increase. GMOs are a huge driver for that because (as is unknown by most pro-GMO people) the primary use of genetic modification in crops is to increase their tolerance for pesticides/herbicides to allow for a larger amount of chemicals to be sprayed on fields.
In short, science tells me pesticides are bad for people and the environment.
Social research tells me that the overwhelming majority of GMO crops are produced solely to allow more pesticides to be used.
I don't want GMO crops to be easily available to farmers for environmental reasons and I want labeling of GMO products in supermarkets so I can avoid the foods most heavily drenched in pesticides during their production.
My opposition to (the vast majority of) GMOs and the companies that create them is ROOTED in science and an understanding of actual farm practice, not anti-science fantasy.