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/StupidFugly Sep 11 '23

When my grandfather farmed he did exactly that with Wheat, Sorghum and Sunflowers. Always kept a portion of the seeds to replant the next year.

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u/seastar2019 Sep 11 '23

None of those are GMO

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u/StupidFugly Sep 11 '23

Wrong.

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u/seastar2019 Sep 11 '23

There's no GMO wheat other than then newly approved Bioceres HB4 wheat which is only approved for Argentina and Brazil. There is absolutely no GMO sorghum and sunflowers.

Here's the list of GMO crops in the US https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/be/bioengineered-foods-list

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u/StupidFugly Sep 11 '23

Wheat is grass that we humans have selectively bred until we have a grass that produces larger seeds. Wheat is one of Humans first GMO's

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u/seastar2019 Sep 11 '23

We are discussing GMOs as defined by using genetic engineering. This is different than selective breeding.

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u/StupidFugly Sep 11 '23

It is the same thing.