ecame aware, GMOs have been under fire. Many fast foods chains, grocery stores, and other food wholesalers and retailers have gone to the media, assuring the public that they would not buy or sell products containing GMOs. Frito-Lay Inc., who purchases over 1 billion pounds of corn and potatoes a year (Jacobs 2000) recently spoke out on GMOs, saying it has asked its suppliers to not grow GM corn or potatoes. Spokes people from Frito-Lay said it would not buy genetically modified corn for fear no one would buy it (Jacobs 2000).This new technology has become more trouble than it is worth for GM supporters. The techniques used by the seed manufacturers are crude and can create unforeseen mutations in the food (Jacobs 2000). Such mutations are likely to cause allergens or toxins in the food, depending on the source of the foreign gene. For the most part genetic modification is unnecessary, unpredictable and an infringement on nature. Nuclear energy was once thought to be the answer for all of our power problems and this might be a similar case, where the technology ends up having too many negative repercussions to be used practically in everyday life. There is no test that can for sure say whether these foods will be toxic after they are produced other than trial and error, making humans experimental ginnie pigs. The world has enough food in circulation and does not need more food or more efficient food. This science is best left to mystery for the sake of our bodies, as well as our environment.References1. Shannon, T. Genetic engineering. Westport, Conneticut: Greenwood Press; 1999. 2. Cherfas, J. Man-made life: an overview of the science, technology, and commerce of genetic engineering. New York: Pantheon Books; 1982.3. Lappe, M. Broken code: the exploitation of DNA. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books; 1984.4. Pollack, A. We can engineer nature. But should we? The New York Times. 2000 Feb 6: A3.5. Jacobs, P. Cornucopia of biotech foods awai...
