Reading over the websites the most biased information I saw was saynotogmos.org. Although I know I should be avoiding genetically modified food, these people do not even give contact information to debate on the issue. The second of course was monsanto, they are selling me something. Nature.com seemed to get their message across but since I am still not entirely sold on the importance of this issue, I had trouble reading through the whole website. Yes Food Inc shocked me but I do not think I need to examine every bite of food I eat.
I do not have qualms about eating genetically modified food, yet. But I do have some long term health problems that I've become slightly lethargic about. Maybe once I get hit with some sort of revelation: a doctor convincing me to switch to holistic medicine or a week of eating all organic clearing my senses, maybe then I'll really start to think about how this will affect my health. I think right now I need to think globally (what gmos is doing to this planet) because it is difficult to see the importance of paying top dollar for food.
I think all food should be labeled genetically modified, it should be part of the freedom of information act. I cannot see any reason why food should not be labeled genetically modified or organic or trans-fat or fat-free or whatever else people want or need to know. We should all know what we are eating and we should all be able to make the decision of whether we want to eat it or not, it's our bodies, no one has a right to tell us what goes in it.
Staff. "Attack of the Quite Likeable Tomatoes." Economist. Feb 2010: 394. pg16
Staff. "GM Faces Unfair Regulation." New Scientist. Feb 2009. 201. pg 5
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HI Emily, The day a regular medical doctor advises us to switch to holistic medicine will be the day it snows in Vegas or Florida! (I don’t think it has). I became allergic to wheat through eating more than my system could handle. I couldn’t figure it out, until I began checking labels, the processed food I grew up with was thickened with wheat. Everywhere I looked I found wheat “hidden”. Could that type of thing happen if our food had vaccines in it? Good point about the freedom of information act-I really don’t know anything about it. I do buy local which helps my body and conscious, but however it’s a huge issue with lots of implications that will hit as more time passes. I think I feel like a guinea pig!
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