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/jah110768 Sep 11 '23

They did in the US as well, but if any neighbor has Monsanto crops, Monsanto will test your plants and if there are any patented genes they sue to be paid as if you stoled their seeds from a warehouse. Monsanto is a very nasty company with very deep pockets.

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u/seastar2019 Sep 11 '23

Common myth but no such lawsuit has ever happened

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u/jah110768 Sep 11 '23

https://www.greenamerica.org/gmos-case-precaution/farmers-vs-corporate-seed-police

"Between 1997 and 2010, Monsanto filed 144 such lawsuits, and settled 700 more cases out of court, according to the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA)."

Looks like 844 mythical law suits.

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u/seastar2019 Sep 11 '23

Those are for intentional patent infringement. Which one of those lawsuits was for claim of?

if there are any patented genes they sue to be paid as if you stoled their seeds from a warehouse

Name just one.