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AlderaanDuran  ·  4201 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: reddit post summing up what you should actually think about GMO

But even non GMO crops use pesticides, different types of fertilizers, and a varrying nature of chemicals. Those are things that aren't labeled either, that could theoretically be dangerous. So why are people starting with GMOs and raging so hard over them, when people have been putting chemicals on and into everything we eat for decades now? That's the part I don't get. Labeling, I understsand, but I don't understand why people think that GMOs are the worst things out there that should be labeled. A non GMO crop treated with chemicals or imported from a country where the pesticides aren't regulated is far scarier to me than eating GMO food.

My only point is people freak out about labeling when it comes to GMOs, but no one says anything about labeling food in general for details like chemicals used and things that could be far more dangerous and detrimental to our lives. So if everyone is so concerned about rights to information, why only bring this up when it comes to GMOs and not food in general?

It just seems overly hypocritical to me of the GMO bashing/circlejerk that has swept the internet. Why did everyone start caring what's in their food now that Monsanto is the enemy of the moment?