2022-10-20
Round-Up (for those unaware) is a herbicide that (a) farmers spread over their crops and (b) contains glyphosate (commercial product only) which courts have found to be a carcinogen and have awarded damages accordingly.
Big Agri has also developed GMO crops that are glyphosate-resistant, so they score twice - sell the farmers a herbicide and sell them herbicide-resistant seeds!
(Not so different from Big Pharma, whose doctors end up prescribing drugs to mitigate the side-effects of other drugs ... )
The IRT (Institute for Responsible Technology) suggests that this isn't such a good idea, and put forward pertinent points in support of their case.
I suggest that heaping technology solution upon technology solution is an inherently idiotic approach (unless you are a technologist obsessed with making money rather than providing appropriate solutions).
Another approach should be tried.
