Are Genetically Modified Foods Dangerous?
Mixing it up for good health By Dee Woods You most likely haven’t heard of it, but it’s here in a big way. I was not familiar with it until recently. It’s a type of food Europeans refused to purchase, but is widely used in the United States. I’m speaking of what are known as genetically modified organisms (GMO). Some of our major food sources have been genetically modified. They are corn, soy, cottonseed, canola, papaya, zucchini, sugar beets and crookneck squash. GMO food tastes exactly the same but there are questions about the lack of research and reports by farmers of animal deaths and infertility among many animals fed the crops. European countries are independently researching GMO foods, and thus far, their findings aren’t looking very positive. Former research scientist and Palos Heights resident Susan Busen explains: “The process of genetic modification makes a plant become resistant to an herbicide so the field can be sprayed and the plant will not be killed, or it can be engi
