'GMO' 'OMG'
In the world of genetics there has been a growing
controversy over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). Recently there has been
a documentary released by the director Jeremy Seifert. The documentary follows
the director on his quest to find food in America that is not genetically
modified. Throughout the documentary he is constantly throwing statistics about
our food that I and most people don’t seem to know about. Facts such as 85% of
all corn grown in America is genetically modified, there are 420 million acres
of GMO’s worldwide, and how the world’s demand for pesticides is reaching up to
52 billion dollars.
The documentary also targets Monsanto and how they refuse
to disclose what chemicals they put in the food and other details on how it’s
harvested and stored. Interestingly enough the government through a budget
provision gave Monsanto its own Protection act for their genetically modified
seeds and allows them to get by without any lawsuits in regard to the food they
are creating. So instead of enforcing judicial scrutiny on company who doesn’t
have the decency to let the American people know what they are putting in their
bodies the government protects them so they can keep making GMO’s and making
money off the health of the American people.
Nice to know our government cares
more about the economy behind the food and the business instead of the people
who are putting genetically, biologically, and chemically modified foods in
their body. And we wonder why the cancer rate is so high. Watch what you eat!!!!
Monsanto is everywhere.
This is a link will take you to the documentary:
More on Monsanto Protection Act
It would interesting to see how the new wave of modified foods affects the human race hundreds and/or thousands of years from now. Some people say GMOs are harmless and are only benefiting society while others are convinced it is impossible to be healthy and consume these products. For now, no one is sure. I think the whole idea of GMOs would be easier to accept if the main company behind them wasn't so shady and manipulative.
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