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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]Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)you can induce damaging inflammation that can cause problems in some people.
I don't think GMOs cause huge problems, otherwise something would have shown up by now. But there could be smaller low-level toxic effects. There is also the relative safety of the herbicide glyphosate, which is used in conjunction with most GMO crops.
For many GMOs, the normal gene expression pattern is altered, which may cause over-expression of genes that encode for toxic proteins. Not to mention, most GMOs out there introduce a foreign gene into the plant, and some people may develop allergic responses to that.
For GMOs and vaccines, I didn't say they were "unsafe" (depending how you define "safe" . Science says to keep studying these issues, not just say "science has proven these are safe" and forget about it. I think we need to keep an open mind.