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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

GMO is kind of a red herring. It is often done to allow plants to survive Round Up, which had recently been shown to have toxic effects. There's also compelling evidence that many people who think they can't tolerate gluten actually can't tolerate Round Up.

The genetic modification isn't intrinsically a problem, but the chemicals that plants need to be modified to tolerate are.