GMO is nothing more than what farmers have been doing for centuries

This is a happy little half-truth they tell to keep people on their side.

In reality, it’s gene splicing that would never and could never occur with thousands of years of evolution. A bioluminescent squid could never reproduce with a tobacco plant.

Pea plants can pollinate each other because they are genetically compatible. But you can try for years to combine corn with a strawberry and it will likely never work—and this is for a reason.

Here’s a really scary example: https://www.foodmatters.com/article/gm-corn-linked-to-cancer-tumors

Eating genetically modified corn (GMO corn) has caused rats to develop horrifying tumors, widespread organ damage, and premature death. That's the conclusion of a shocking new study that looked at the long-term effects of consuming Monsanto's genetically modified corn. The study was published in The Food & Chemical Toxicology Journal and was just presented at a news conference in London.

The trial period was just four months.

With that short of a timeframe, why didn’t the manufacturer catch this?

Because their trial period before going to market was just 30 days to determine safety.

Now, some people have questioned the legitimacy of this study, which is completely fair. I believe this one was actually retracted (it was either this one or a similar one) But If you look at the retraction reason, the journal did not question their methods or conclusion. It was retracted because of legal threats.

So a study emerges that may show problems with a product and instead of studying it and making improvements, it was hidden from the public. Instead of more data and more safety studies, consumers received less.

That is why everyone should be incredibly weary. They are messing with things that can have incredible consequences, and they seem (at best) unwilling to admit mistakes. At worst, it’s poisoning people for profit.