Quote:GMO's don't have pesticides. They're specifically engineered to withstand diseases and parasites without the use of pesticides. There are certainly drawbacks to using GMO's and their effect on human health is far from full understood but it's certainly not from the use of pesticides.

 

And like it or not, GMO's could very well save billions of lives. The world as it is developing now is headed for a massive overcrowding problem and crop yields right now are just barely keeping pace with demand. GMO's, with their massively improved crop yields and ability to grow in places that used to considered effectively barren, look to be able to help us keep pace and we might even reach a point where we're ahead of demand.

 

As for your last point, just remember the golden rule of statistics; correlation does not imply causation.