Alas, none of this has come to pass. Activists continue to mount vocal and tenacious opposition to genetically engineered foods, despite almost 20 years of demonstrated, significant benefits, including reduced use of chemical pesticides (and thus less chemical runoff into waterways), greater use of farming practices that prevent soil erosion, higher profits for farmers, and less fungal contamination.
但遗憾的是，上面没有任何一件事情能成为现实。抗议分子继续将嘈杂而挥之不去的反对之声施加于基因改造食品上——虽然他们20多年的抗议也无法阻止这些技术带来的极大好处：人们得以减少化学杀虫剂的使用（冲刷入河的化学物也随之减少），更多地使用农业技术操作来防止土壤退化，农民收入增加，真菌污染程度也有所降低。