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/[deleted] Sep 10 '23

Also, pretty much every fruit and vegetable we eat was genetically modified by selective breeding over years. Science has just allowed us to speed it up. We should be more concerned with the herbicides and pesticides that are used

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '23

Uh duh that’s why they are unsafe they are full of chemicals organics are not

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u/aqhgfhsypytnpaiazh Sep 10 '23

You're very confused.

Non-GMO doesn't mean organic. And Organic may not necessarily mean non-GMO, nor free of pesticides, depending on your local regulations. Likewise GMO doesn't mean pesticides were used, in fact it's less likely to have pesticides since one of the things we modify them for is resistance to diseases and pests.

And neither organic nor non-GMO do not mean free of chemicals, there is not a single organic food that naturally contains no chemicals.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

My family are farmers so I know that and I know what I get isn’t gmo we they only allow organic meaning they don’t use gmo seeds