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Re:Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutriti... by 7sigma on Monday March 05, 2018 @09:26AM (#16521218)
I think he might be referring to the fact that Organic Standards don't allow for transgenic modification of varieties, or what is commonly know as GMOs, due to safety concerns

On the other hand, they allow for varieties made by using radiation induced mutations, which is way less precise and much less tested.

Basically its an ideological position and not based on the scientific consensus.

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Re:Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutriti... by hackerman12345 on Monday March 05, 2018 @10:53AM (#16521834)
They also conveniently ignore that pretty much everything is transgenic, the viruses and such that Monsanto uses have existed for a few million (?) years and love to throw DNA around.
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