That's not true for bt-corn or golden rice.

Organic farming also means pesticides. All farming means pesticides.

Oh, are you an expert on farming?

I have never heard of that connection. I was under the assumption anti gmo folk were against modified rice that is super drought resistant.

Sure there are some anti-science people out there, but most people I've talked to are worried about pesticides.

GMO plants are designed to take much higher doses. That is a concern both environmentally and as a potential health issue.

One use if GMO is to engineer a plant, that is resistant to a specific herbicide, which is typically sold by the same company (see e.g. Monsanto and Glyphosate).

Another use is to engineer plants that produce insecticides themselves, which raises the concern if those insecticides affect other organisms as well.

So is mutagenesis "direct genetic modification"?

How does GMO mean pesticides? I thought that was more under "organic" which is again a very ambiguous and problematic label.

I think the poster may mean that some plants have been modified to resist pesticides sprayed on them and folks may not want to eat these plants.