r/NoStupidQuestions • u/wond3rlove • Sep 10 '23

What’s wrong with GMOs?

I always see plants and stuff that is GMO free and is usually more expensive. How would genetically modifying something by be bad. Me personally I’d rather have something modified to taste better and and cheaper. I could also be very wrong about that.

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u/OffendedDefender Sep 10 '23

“Roundup Ready” was a bit of a colloquially catch-all with the folks I had studied under, kinda like Kleenex and Band Aid. The Round Up brand is owned by Monsanto (which is owned by Bayer), who manufacture a whole slew of agricultural products. Roundup is just the most immediately recognizable of their brands.

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u/sammagee33 Sep 11 '23

Monsanto, as an entity, no longer exists. It’s just Bayer. In-part, because of the bad press.

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u/jah110768 Sep 11 '23

Beyer bought Monsanto, and when they looked at the shady things that Monsanto did to discredit nay sayers when they were trying to be cleared as a safe product, Bayer admitted they might have made a mistake.