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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]cab67
(3,036 posts)Some crops are engineered to be resistant to herbicides. The issue here isn't the crop itself - it's the herbicides, which are indeed overused.
The majority of "genetic modifications" (which covers a wide range of things) applied to crops have nothing to do with herbicide resistance.
If you don't eat "GM" food, what do you actually eat? I ask because every crop we grow is based on GM strains. There is no biological difference between the insertion of a gene in the laboratory and the insertion of a gene through hybridization. None at all.
Moreover, these crops have been investigated exhaustively, and they're safe for human consumption.
I'm on your side when it comes to limiting the application of agrichemicals (pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics), but the furor over "GM" foods is overblown.