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Current state of EU legislation on crop breeding (from @methylcytosine on X) (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Almost all of these criticisms are basically “GMOs are somehow considered tainted or something, so we need to prevent them from mixing with non-GMOs” which is an ideological premise, not based on facts.

Regarding herbicides/pesticides: actually GMO eggplants in Bangladesh save lives because they need less spraying.

So all that's left is policy issues and FUD. And political problems have political solutions.