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Re:Flat Earthers Nearly Derailed a Space Photo Book by btilly on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @06:07PM (#20700507)
If you believe the science, being opposed to GMOs is being in favor of mass starvation.

See https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2018/06/unfairly... for some of that information. Also note that separate lines of research show that higher CO2 results in crops growing faster, but having fewer nutrients. And therefore GMOs are our best hope of having not just enough food, but food that compensates for CO2 increases.

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Re:Flat Earthers Nearly Derailed a Space Photo Book by FrozenVoid on Thursday August 15, 2019 @01:53AM (#20702925)
These GM plants are a tiny(and mostly exclusive to third-world) minority of the market, most of which is pesticide resistant or pesticide producing crops. Its like arguing that cars(all GM crops) are great and save us from global warming because electric cars(nutrient rich GM crops) exist.
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Re:Flat Earthers Nearly Derailed a Space Photo Book by FrozenVoid on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:08AM (#20703711)
Additionally, these(for GM crop) pesticides/herbicides are sprayed in such quantities they violate chemical limits in foods. https://www.salon.com/2019/07/14/corporations-can-legally-pu...
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