Michael Gerson’s May 15 op-ed column, “A polluting discourse over GMOs,” ignored the reason many or most of us want to avoid foods made with genetically modified organisms: We don’t want to consume glyphosates, the active ingredient in most herbicides.

 

Many crops are genetically modified so that they won’t be killed by the weed killer; they can be drenched in it and, for example, live to produce corn. Traces of glyphosates and some equally problematic additives are in the GMO corn chips Mr. Gerson mentioned. Some of us choose to eat foods not soaked with substances that kill some plants, have been proven harmful to animals and — the research is increasing — might be harmful to humans. One doesn’t have to dig deeply to find that legitimate researchers are questioning the safety of glyphosates.

 

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