Whats the story on genetically engineered foods?
Dear Cecil: What’s the deal with genetically engineered food? I read that vast quantities of food crops are being genetically engineered to withstand the effects of herbicides better so that farmers can dump more herbicides in their fields without worrying about crop loss. Jeez. Other crops manufacture their own pesticides so they kill bugs having the temerity to take a bite of them. Doesn’t exactly ring my come-to-dinner bell, ya know? So what are the potential effects of eating genetically engineered food, what could this ultimately do to the food chain, and why are so many of our food crops being monkeyed with, with barely a peep from the press? — Lory, via AOL Dear Lory: Barely a peep? Inkwise I admit genetic engineering hasn’t ranked up there with Leonardo DiCaprio, but an archive search for the past decade turned up over 500 articles in everything from Time to the Whole Earth Review. True, the subject hasn’t been front-page news, but that’s because little front-page news (e.g., e
