How to Avoid Stealth GMOs

How to Avoid Stealth GMOs

Nilay Maity

1/11/15
Published: 2/13/14

Link: http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/no-gmos-global-conspiracy-keep-you-knowing-truth-about-your-food


Summary: In this video by Dr. Oz he discussed the controversy over GMO labeling. Many farmers have genetically modified there crops so that their crops are pesticide resistant. Basically what this allow farmers to do is to use more pesticides so that there crops will not be affected by bugs and other pest since these bugs can become quickly resistant to different types of pesticides through natural selection.
Since there are many pesticides being used to grow crops, human population is eating food that has been sprayed with lots of pesticides. Pesticides can cause many issues to humans including in brain and hormonal problems. Many americans want to know whether they are eating GMO's or not, but the food industry is spending millions of dollars so they don't have to label their foods, even though 93% of americans want GMO foods labeled. Food companies also claim that labeling GMO's will cost an american family of four over 1600 dollars more yearly for food. But guest Scott Faber on the show disputed this claim basically saying that 5 words on the back of a food box won't make a huge difference in the cost of food. Dr. Oz also gave some ways to identify what is GMO and what is not. Some companies like General Mills voluntarily label their foods and strive not to use GMO's. He also said that food with corn and soy derivedids will most likely have GMO's in them. In conclusion Dr. Oz is strongly in favor of GMO labeling in America and guest Scott Faber said that two-thirds of the world's countries have GMO labeling, why not us.



Connection: Just a couple of weeks ago our class did a debate on GMO's. We gathered a lot of the information that was given in the video by Dr. Oz. The one thing I do not believe we really discussed in strong detail was the labeling of GMO's in stores. Most americans don't have a lot of knowledge about GMO's and I believe it was a good thing that we studied GMO foods. After looking at multiple sources and gathering information, we debated about whether GMO foods were helpful or harmful. After the debate was over, most of our class was in favor of GMO foods. However this was not the case in the video. In the clip Dr. Oz took a verbal survey and most of the crowd didn't want to be eating GMO's. Personally I believe that most of the crowd didn't know a lot about GMO's and Dr. Oz used a very negative connotation about GMO's. He also didn't talk about the pros of GMO's and how they can help solve world hunger. The research I did in class and the lab report has me convinced that GMO's are good for the world, but I do believe that they should be labeled in food stores. The astounding fact for me was two-thirds of the worlds countries have labeled GMO's, so why hasn't one of the most progressive countries in the world done it.