>Why should this be an issue? How would it be dangerous? If we make corn to withstand draught better and produce larger kernels, how is this going to hurt me? If we found a before-unknown species of fruit, and someone ate it and they didn't get sick or die, and it tasted good, would that be bad? I'm really not playing devil's advocate here like I sometimes do; I'm really interested in why you think this is a bad idea.

The first GM soy that Monsanto built was indeed more resistant - to Monsanto's pesticides. So you could pour more, and run the pests off your fields to the neighbors'. Then the neighbor would have double damage - he'd put pesticides but would be overwhelmed from your refugees, so he'd have diminished crops AND the pesticide cost. Next season he'd have to buy the GM seeds and more pesticides.

And, yes, it did bring a larger crop. I think this was in 1997 or 98.

Somehow I thought they'd make it pest-repellant, or just resistant.