[KittenClaws]

Wheat that is resistant to round up?

So what is the problem here? Round up is a weed killer. Weeds are, by definition, unwanted vegetation. Wheat is not an unwanted vegetation.

I’m reading Monsanto is evil, but what is evil about a food product being resistant to a weed killer?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Wait till someone gets that wheat in their lawn or on a field that was meant for something else.

[Black Agnes]

Because the wheat is doused regularly with roundup. And consequently the wheat you eat is loaded with roundup. And there are conflicting studies on the longterm safety of roundup. And whether or not it interacts with human metabolic pathways or disrupts those present in the human microbiome.

Animal studies using GMO crops are only conducted for 90 days. Not long enough to see lifetime/lifespan consequences or whether or not there are any intergenerational epigenetic consequences.

[Alex Murphy]

Wheat that is resistant to round up? So what is the problem here? Round up is a weed killer.

RoundUp kills all vegetation, not just weeds, and it does it in a matter of days. I killed every plant on a quarter-acre of weed-overrun land using the stuff, and every one of them died and dried up down to the roots in less than a week. It's not selective in the slightest.

Just hearing there's a plant that it won't kill is amazing enough, but hearing that the same company that created RoundUp also created the one plant that it can't kill? That sounds near-diabolic.

[familyop]

"I’m reading Monsanto is evil, but what is evil about a food product being resistant to a weed killer?"

Several possible problems would be introduced, but here's one. No plant is immune to everything, but various, established plants have proven themselves each, in their locales. If a hybrid replaces, in essence, others of its kind over a large area of the earth, in sum, that hybrid could be wiped out over a large part of the earth after coming in contact with its previously unknown nemesis.

Generally, crossbreeding animals makes them stronger against diseases and other conditions. Doing the same with plants can sometimes do the opposite. ...mandated in warnings thousands of years ago.

Aw, here's another scenario that might be a little easier to digest. For example, we have a garden plant that presently does very well in a colder environment and matures much faster than it's cousins in warmer places. It's very important to a cold area at high elevations.

Then along comes a super plant similar to it--a plant that gives much higher yields, is very resistant to so-far known diseases, propagates itself efficiently to replace genes to its cold weather cousin. No more mountain variety. See?

Add to that, the company that designed the hybrid in a lab sues and shuts down every farm that grows its copyrighted super plant without first paying that company. Or even successfully lobbies for legislation mandating imprisonment for copyright violators. Or along comes the disease or other condition that efficiently kills the super plant>

[MarMema]

Monsanto Fined in France for 'False' Herbicide Ads

[central_va]

Is wheat a perennial grass?