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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by losteric on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:34PM (#14913856)
Also worth noting what kind of GE we're talking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_soybean

tl;dr: mostly pesticide resistance.

That has significant environmental/economic consequences, but those edits (probably) don't change how soy interacts with endocrine receptors.

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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by boyaka on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:17PM (#14914203)
Ive only heard of herbicide resistance, aka roundup ready. The bt modification (Cry1Ac protein from Bacillus thuringiensis), afaik, is itself a pesticide, or produces pesticide.

Edit: I suppose "pest" could refer to weeds and insects? I may have been thinking insecticide.

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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by Danihan on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:12PM (#14914161)
>That has significant environmental/economic consequences, but those edits (probably) don't change how soy interacts with endocrine receptors.

Pesticide resistant crops being completely doused in glyphosate right before harvest probably does have an impact on health though.

http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/ITX_2013_06_04_Seneff.pdf

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Re:Are We Experimenting on Our Children with Soy Formula? by losteric on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @06:09PM (#14915148)
Absolutely, but that's not isolated to soybeans. Plus we've been abusing toxic pesticides for decades - that's just greedy human shortsightedness.
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