John Stossel on Genetically Modified Food Fears

Ninety percent of all corn grown in America is
genetically modified now. That means it grew from a seed that
scientists altered by playing with its genes. The new genes may
make corn grow faster, or they may make it less appetizing to bugs
so farmers can use fewer pesticides. This upsets some people. GMOs
are “unnatural,” they say. 

Yet people don’t panic over ruby red grapefruits, which were
first created in laboratories by bombarding strains of grapefruit
with radiation. People don’t worry about corn and other crops bred
in random varieties for centuries without farmers having any idea
exactly what genetic changes occurred. Perhaps people might be
reassured if they knew how widespread and familiar GMOs really are,
writes John Stossel. But as long as they think of GMOs as something
strange and new, they think more tests are needed, more warnings,
more precaution.  

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