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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by PeterisP on Sunday February 06, 2022 @04:46PM (#30237340)
My impression is quite the opposite - GMO insect-resistant plants enable using much less pesticides (the savings from reduced frequency and quantity of pesticides being the economic reason for choosing such crops) than non-modified equivalents.
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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by more_corn on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:49PM (#30237862)
GMO roundup resistance allows us to use a bunch of herbicide without killing the food crop. This seems to indicate that we’d be using a lot more roundup on those crops than otherwise.
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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by moistly on Sunday February 06, 2022 @10:56PM (#30240185)
Glyphosate is also used to desiccate grain crops. I rather doubt the residue is removed before it reaches one’s table.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_desiccation

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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by wfme on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:11PM (#30237537)
This article [0] points towards the reality being somewhere in the middle - more herbicides but less insecticides.

> GMOs have been changing the way that pesticides are used in agriculture. Herbicide-tolerant genetically modified (GM) crops have led to an increase in herbicide usage while insecticide-producing GM crops have led to a decrease in insecticides.

[0] https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/gmos-and-pesticides/

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Re:Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study by swsieber on Sunday February 06, 2022 @08:35PM (#30239061)
> insecticide-producing GM

A decrease in usage, yes. But is it a decrease in what ends upon the plant is what I'd be curious about.

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