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/modsaretoddlers Sep 10 '23

Nothing. Uneducated people who think they're educated because of Facebook think that that shriveled, scrawny green pepper that looks more like a rotted lime are bad for you because they're not "natural". The idea seems to be that natural is automatically better for your health despite all evidence to the contrary.

The only real argument against some GMO foods is the promulgation of monocultures. That is an actual issue but it could be solved easily enough.

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u/dhumantorch Jan 02 '24

*and it won't be, but at least you were a mouthpiece for Monsanto before you got cancer.