Are GMO Foods Safe to Eat?
Many people don’t even know what a “GMO food” is, much less whether or not such food is safe to eat. GMO stand for “Genetically Modified Organism,” and the truth is that you are almost certainly already eating GMO foods without knowing it because there are no label requirements for manufacturers and growers to list GMO’s in food. Since these foods are already in our daily food supply, shouldn’t we understand something about the “pros” and “cons” of their use? Let’s take a look at what “GMO” is all about. Genetically Modified Organisms are plants or animals that have been “genetically engineered” to contain genes from an entirely different plant or animal. The resulting organism is called transgenic or GMO (genetically modified organism). Genetic engineering is different than traditional cross breeding, where genes can only be exchanged between two closely-related species. In genetic engineering, genes from completely different species are inserted into each other. For example, scientis
