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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton is Just Plain Wrong on GMOs [View all]eridani
(51,907 posts)--what with figuring out how to insert salmon DNA into tomatoes. Monsanto is attempting to control the food supply. It has won every lawsuit against farmers for "stealing" their patented material that escapes and contaminates the crops of the independent small fry. (OK-that's an aside--I agree with your general position.)
People have a lot of reasons for avoiding GMOS. My problem is Monsanto, not genetic engineering. I don't have a problem with golden rice at all. The work is being done by a non-profit foundation and they are giving the seeds away. Rice already has a gene for beta carotene--just in the leaves and not the grain. Inducing expression in the grain has much less potential for harm than say, introducing genes for pesticide resistance.