Food

Is it acceptable to genetically modify food crops?

For

It helps grow more food and fight hunger.

Against

It may have unknown effects on health and nature.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Genetically modified foods are just buzzwords to make people think that somehow they're eating something scary from a lab.
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  • From the food waste perspective, GM foods have better shelf lives allowing grocery stores and customers to throw less food out.
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Against

  • Remember, DDT was deemed safe until it wasn’t.
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  • Every new product developed through genetic modification should be automatically illegal to sell widely until it has been thoroughly tested just like drugs
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