GMO

After reading the websites I feel that the saynotogmos site was really bias and one sided. I mean I noticed they had some good information like regulation and labeling, gmo and children, and also the safety of gmos. The site has basically articles for everything on gmo’s and even about Monsanto. I feel the Monsanto site just basically covers the breeding and biotechnology of their seeds, but doesn’t provide too much information. From taking a few health classes and from watching Food Inc, Monsanto controls the seeds and farmers basically. They modify corn, cotton, oilseeds, vegetables and fruit seeds and In-the-seed traits that protect against bugs and weeds. So basically they have the upper hand in the seed industry and when farmers don’t cooperate they get a big lawsuit. I feel that the tinyurl.com site provided good information as well. Like I found it interested that they labeled the approved commercial products like plum, soybean, canola and corn. They also listed the products that are in the development like rice, maize, Coho salmon and tobacco. I felt I learned a lot from this site, and I fell the information was valuable because I had no idea that plums were virus resistant. I also thought learned that soybean was herbicide tolerance, and I don’t really see that this site is too bias I feel it just informs you more about gmo and its risks. I think that they all provided useful information, but none of them changed my mind about eating gmo foods because I have been eating them for so long already and I don’t see why I will just change my eating habits all of a sudden. I mean I definitely am more aware of what I eat now, and am trying to eat a little healthier but I don’t think there’s going to be a point where I just completely stop eating gmo foods. I do feel that foods should be labeled because there are a lot of people who eat them without knowing they are genetically modified. I feel we should at least have the right to have our foods labeled, because although the companies are making and modifying the food, we are the ones eating them. So I think it’s only right we do as the Europeans, and that maybe can be a step towards more healthy people. Because with the percent of obese children and adults here America we got to start making some changes when it come to food and labeling could be a good start.