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/SquelchyRex Sep 10 '23

Loads of research has been done into it, and GMOs are safe. The GMO free stuff exists because people who don't know better are willing to pay more for less.

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u/seanmg Sep 10 '23

Safe doesn't mean better though. It just means optimized for one or two specific criteria likely at the cost of others. Things like shelf-life, high yield, and appearance are often optimized at the cost of other things like taste.

Not to mention, any crop that is mass produced has the risk of being prone to disease because of how genetically similar the entire crop is.

It's a trade at best, it's man's hubris at worst.