I feel the site with the least reliable information is of course saynotogmos.com. Like the others have stated below me, they used no sources in siting their information and seemed very biased in opinion. Next on the list I would rate monsanto.com as the middle reliable site. It provided very little actual facts and information, rather more info on trying to "sell" me into believing what they believe in. I feel the most reliable site for actual information and facts is the nature.com site. The nature.com site did the best job siting sources of where the information came from and was most professional to read, though a bit boring.
After reading through all of these I am still unsure about genetically modified foods and how I feel about them. Going into this, it just seems so impossible to do anything about. It's such a large issue that seems near impossible to solve. People are not going to start paying much more for foods just because they are not genetically modified. People want low prices... it's that simple. And until organic foods can get their prices down to similar levels that these genetically modified foods, I don't see the majority of people switching over anytime soon.
However, regardless of price/demand and the whole social issue of selling genetically modified foods, I really don't see any reason why all foods shouldn't be labeled that they are genetically modified. Like the person said below me, we should all know what we are eating and how it is made. We have the right to know. That way it is up to the CONSUMER to decide whether they are okay with eating genetically modified foods or not. To me, that makes the most logical sense.
Azadi, Hossein; Ho, Peter. "Genetically modified and organic crops in developing countries: A review of options for food security" Biotechnology Advances Vol 28, Issue 1. Jan 2010.
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I agree with what you said about it feeling nearly impossible to change the use of genetically modified foods in this country. It's scary to think that since the government doesn't require our foods to be labeled as containing GMOs, we don't even have a real idea how many of them actually are genetically modified. I find that a disturbing thought. What you mentioned about organic foods rings true, and I think it's really sad that we don't have a reasonable alternative to food that's been tampered with. It seems to me that there must be something to hide about the genetically modified food, otherwise you would think companies would voluntarily offer the information to consumers.
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