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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by kickout on Friday September 11, 2020 @08:52AM (#24442198)
Yes ,@knaq is correct. Organic production systems _do_ spray chemicals and oftentimes those chemicals are clearly more dangerous than the chemical applied to modified crops.

Its been mentioned in this thread but Roundup is actually safe compared a whole host of chemicals we were spraying in the <1970s. There is currently not a world where crop production doesn't use herbicides (but it is coming thanks to drones and autonomous robots that can manually remove weeds)

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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by a2tech on Friday September 11, 2020 @09:23AM (#24442484)
What I tell people that are railing against Roundup ready crops and other GM crops is this: say we decide to stop using these types of crops today--pick the millions of people that get to starve in the upcoming year. Just point to an Indian state or an African country and say 'those people get to starve' and we'll stop using GM crops.
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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by knaq on Friday September 11, 2020 @01:07PM (#24444850)
That's just because we didn't drive the pests to extinction and we didn't make the massive long-term investment in greenhouses. Had we done either, all-natural crops would be able to feed the world.
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