Submitted by dadofbimbim t3_y9ds4m in technology
zeocsa t1_it5eaas wrote
Reply to comment by Internal-Test-8015 in How robotic honeybees and hives could help the species fight back by dadofbimbim
Monsanto/ Bayer is already making seed for sale that already with pesticides in it so farmers don't have spray and the seeds DNA change.
Internal-Test-8015 t1_it5ewq9 wrote
Honestly I don't believe that will go down well but we'll see what happens, and no offense but even if the seeds have the pesticides already in them I'm sure they'll still make their way into the soil/ water somehow. What we really need to do is rely less on all these chemicals for growing food because they are what is destroying the environment and the reason why it is becoming extremely difficult to control pests and disease because they just inevitably overcome and adapt resulting in us having to use stronger and stronger chemicals.
screwhammer t1_it73k28 wrote
Yes, every child had this DNA changed from his parent. Otherwise every human would look identical, and your wife would look like your mother.
Monsanto isn't doing voodoo, it's choosing to express genes that could happen naturally.
Also, a looot of plants in the nature have some sort of deterrent against thier predators, think nightshades, nettles, gimpie gimpies, pencil cactii, oleanders, daffodils, off the top of ny head.
And many others you regularily use have literal poisonous seeds to humans, like castor beans or peaches, plumps, cherries or nectarines.
You should read up before yelling "monsanto bad, gmo bad". Nature isn't perfect, it's random.
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