- 30 Jun 2016 17:30
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It may be theoretically possible to have biodiversity with GMOs, but that is not at all how it has worked out in practice. In addition to their use in factory farms, another issue is cross-pollination, which means that you're introducing something new to the ecosystem: effectively an invasive species. That has real ramifications in an ecosystem that aren't easily tested in a laboratory setting. In any case, I don't want to derail the thread any further, so if we wish, we can have another thread on GMOs.
mikema63 wrote:There is no reason why you can't use crop diversity with GMO plants. The only reason why monoculture is so common with GMO crops is because the factory farms using GMO crops use monoculture. Monoculture is a problem, sure, but it's not a problem caused by or created because of GMO crops and it is not a problem that cannot be solved while including GMO crops.
It may be theoretically possible to have biodiversity with GMOs, but that is not at all how it has worked out in practice. In addition to their use in factory farms, another issue is cross-pollination, which means that you're introducing something new to the ecosystem: effectively an invasive species. That has real ramifications in an ecosystem that aren't easily tested in a laboratory setting. In any case, I don't want to derail the thread any further, so if we wish, we can have another thread on GMOs.
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