Most of us would assume that eating vegetables equals being healthy, right? Wrong! Since crop growers started genetically modifying our produce, a lengthy list of health concerns have been under question.
"The range of what GMOs might do to us is breathtaking. "Several animal studies," according to the AAEM, reveal a long list of disorders, including: infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, [faulty] insulin regulation, cell signaling, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, sleep, and gastrointestinal system" (Smith). This is not a short list of concerns and these are very serious health risks. The worse part is that genetically modified foods are not limited to just the produce isle. The wheat that makes our bread has been altered. The corn that makes the corn syrup we sweeten our sodas with has been altered. It seems as if the majority of most foods contain an ingredient, if not more, that has been genetically modified.
If that isn't bad enough, to top it off, our children are the ones paying the ultimate price. "The Environmental Working Group (EWG) ran a report and it showed, "more than one million children a day age 5 and under ingest unsafe amounts of organophosphate (OP) insecticides," which have the potential to cause long-term damage to the brain and nervous system (of children)" (Koch).
Sources:
Koch, Kathy. "Food Safety Battle: Organic Vs. Biotech." CQ Researcher 2 Sept. 1998. 761-84.
Smith, Jeffery. "The Fight Against GMOs." Share Guide Mar/Apr 2011: 10-33.
Picture Source:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/gmo-bans-laws-labels-around-the-world.php
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