What do you know about genetically modified food? Whats your opinion?

Question

Im writing an editorial on the benefit of organics, the harm of genetically modified foods (how its contributed to health problems and diseases) and so forth.......what can you tell me?

Answer 1

If you're not in a rush for an answer, go to any health food store. They can help with information and have lots of pamphlets.
All I know is organically grown food is certified by the government.
They don't use pesticides or fertilizer or altered seeds. Everything grows naturally.
Altered foods such as most grains have been made to grow faster , bigger, and withstand certain insects. Lots of our fruits and veggies are grown in hot houses with fertilizer.
Those that are outside are sprayed with incectisides and injected with chemicals to make them look riper than they really are, coated with wax to look shiny etc.
Of course, They say it's all safe for human consumption.
But how do seedless grapes and watermellon reproduce if they don't have seeds. I haven't figured it out.
Most people who buy organics say that a humans body can't digest the altered food properly and they don't trust the "Safe for human consumption" logo.

Answer 2

There appears to be little or no reason to think genetically engineered foods aren't safe.

HOWEVER--there is another aspect of this issue that has received far too little attention. That is the possibility (actually, the certainty) that genetically engineered plants and animals will interbreed with "natural" populations of their species. Bear in mind that all these species are evolved and adapted to earth's environment and fit into ecological niches in complex ways. We are running a real risk of eventually creating something that will disrupt the ecological balance in unforeseeable and possibly disasterous ways. Think of the damage that can be caused by a simple thing like introducing rabbits to Australia--they still havn't solved that one entirely after more than a century!

Not that genetic engineering isn't worthwhile--but this, not supposed dangers in the food itself--that is cause for real concern and a great deal of research and caution.

Answer 3

If you have already made up your mind that organic=good and GMO=bad why do you need our opinions?

The subject is a scientific one and you need facts about the food, not opinions. If you had a math question you were editorializing about would you ask everyone their opinion as to how much 2+2 is? This discussion is not a poll topic Thinking that it is trivializes an important topic and demeans the science behind it.

Answer 4

The oldest one I'm aware of is Zea Mays which is thousands of years old. We know it as corn. Corn doesn't seem to have caused the end of the world so far.