Anti-GMO activism is now being fueled by the internet conspiracy theory subculture. Lurid stories are carried on sites pushing anti-vaccine stories and the link of GMOs to autism, as well as the usual gold coins and survivalism advertisements. These sites are never more than one mouse click away from stories about HAARP and “chemtrails” and the Illuminauti New World Order.
Increasingly GMO critics talk about the damage done to their lives by wholly imaginary GMO products including “terminator seeds,” GMO apples, and GMO wheat, which they believe has poisoned them.
