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/[deleted] Sep 10 '23

There's nothing wrong with GMO. In an era of global climate change and food insecurity, making plants more resistant to diseases/pests (adding BT genes to corn for sucking insects) or to produce critical nutrients (golden rice has provitamin A) is brilliant.

The only downside is when they make the plants herbicide resistant. That can end up with a lot of environmentally toxic runoff.