09-23-2015, 09:16 AM
Okay, so I have been doing some research and watching some videos on the topic of GMO's and my convictions that they are unhealthy and dangerous for ourselves and the environment have lessened. I really am not so sure any longer that buying strictly organic and avoiding gm foods at all costs is the way forward or is really necessary.
I am not saying that I am now pro GMO and that organic foods have no place but that I am instead more open to the idea that if done properly and ethically genetic modification can prove beneficial.
Prior to this, I didn't really have any strong reasoning or evidence for why I thought GMO's to be harmful, but instead simply believed what I read and what I was told. From the, admittedly limited as of yet, research I have been doing, there does not seem to be any credible evidence indicating that gm foods are harmful. There are however many studies which show that they are safe. I know, I know, all these studies and the institutions responsible for them stand to make a profit from gm foods and therefore these studies have no integrity. I agree that may be the case with some, but I find it hard to believe that ALL of these studies meet that criteria and that none of them have any legitimacy.
Yes, many of these multinational corporations are unethical and messed up, I am not disagreeing with that, but using that as reasoning for why gm foods are harmful is a bit of a stretch.
I still advocate growing your own produce where possible, and buying directly from farmers at markets, but I don't know if I will be so scrutinizing in my questioning of the food's gm status any longer.
Maybe I am again simply believing what I am being told and am not really thinking for myself, but the arguments against gm foods, not business practices, really do not seem founded.
I haven't turned into a shill have I?
I am not saying that I am now pro GMO and that organic foods have no place but that I am instead more open to the idea that if done properly and ethically genetic modification can prove beneficial.
Prior to this, I didn't really have any strong reasoning or evidence for why I thought GMO's to be harmful, but instead simply believed what I read and what I was told. From the, admittedly limited as of yet, research I have been doing, there does not seem to be any credible evidence indicating that gm foods are harmful. There are however many studies which show that they are safe. I know, I know, all these studies and the institutions responsible for them stand to make a profit from gm foods and therefore these studies have no integrity. I agree that may be the case with some, but I find it hard to believe that ALL of these studies meet that criteria and that none of them have any legitimacy.
Yes, many of these multinational corporations are unethical and messed up, I am not disagreeing with that, but using that as reasoning for why gm foods are harmful is a bit of a stretch.
I still advocate growing your own produce where possible, and buying directly from farmers at markets, but I don't know if I will be so scrutinizing in my questioning of the food's gm status any longer.
Maybe I am again simply believing what I am being told and am not really thinking for myself, but the arguments against gm foods, not business practices, really do not seem founded.
I haven't turned into a shill have I?