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It is not harmful to human health though, herbicides specifically target plant metabolic pathways (not animal ones) and the toxins found in Bt corn are only toxic to specific insect species.
They are finding that a lot of people suspected of being gluten intolerant are actually reacting to the glyphosate residue.
 
He isn't the first person to make stuff up and get away with it because of his credentials.

The corn we grew back before GMO was every bit as big as the corn on the market now.
Corn has been selectively bred for a long time.

"However, one of the most dramatic and prevalent alterations in plant genetics has occurred through artificial selection of corn. Corn, or maize, began as a wild grass called teosinte that had tiny ears with very few kernels [4]. Over the hundreds of years, teosinte was selectively bred to have larger and larger ears with more and more kernels, resulting in what we now know as corn. "

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/...f-look-at-the-long-history-of-gmo-technology/
 
Corn has been selectively bred for a long time.

"However, one of the most dramatic and prevalent alterations in plant genetics has occurred through artificial selection of corn. Corn, or maize, began as a wild grass called teosinte that had tiny ears with very few kernels [4]. Over the hundreds of years, teosinte was selectively bred to have larger and larger ears with more and more kernels, resulting in what we now know as corn. "

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/...f-look-at-the-long-history-of-gmo-technology/
That is selective breeding and not GMO. The improvements over hundreds of years they refer to were long before I was growing corn and long before GMO existed.
 
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