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In reply to the discussion: The USDA's new labeling for genetically modified foods goes into effect Jan. 1. [View all]the point of Round-Up Ready crops is to be able to douse them with glyphosate.
There are many different categories of genetic engineering, with different impacts on the engineered organisms. Some are no doubt innocuous. However, many modifications turn on constant, high level overexpression of genes that produce e.g. insecticidal proteins that might be human allergens or have negative impacts on our gut microflora. I just don't think enough is known about the effects of much genetic engineering on humans consuming food expressing these genes.
It's no stretch for me to conclude that, just as in many other avenues of society, agribusiness just wants to maximize profits any way they can get away with, including by genetic engineering, and having us reduced to having no clue what they are doing because that will = more $$$ for them.