09-30-2012, 05:09 AM
quote:Moreover, this was initially done at the insistence of people opposed to GMOs who were worried about them spreading into the wild environment. Not an irrational concern, and indeed it's one of the biggest genuine problems with GMOs (especially with things like oilseed rape, which has wild relatives that are field weeds and hybridization can lead to Roundup-resistant weeds). Yet it ended up being overriden by hysterical fears.
Originally posted by pahoated
A lot of the rap against Monsanto started in the 80's with genetically modified crops that didn't produce seed. The tin hat crowd picked this up as a "controlling the food supply" conspiracy. They said, start hoarding seeds because the day was coming when only Monsanto would have seeds for new crops.