The Super Market Veil
Today in class we saw a short film of how food is being genetically modified. The GMO's are made by transferring genes and their traits from one organism to the next. Some benefits of GMO technology is that it enhances nutrition, and the increase in yield. The only problem is that it can cause serious health issues.
Some positive consequences of the company owning the genetic information in the seed is that it helps big companies take the ownership and produce lots of it. It will provide the companies with lots of money but will make them hide things from the consumers/buyers. This is similar to downloading free music from sites because you're taking away the income of the music writer.
Some things that might be more effective than warning labels for food is education/knowledge. If people did their research on this type of topic they will know what they're actually eating. Maybe if health educators talk to people about the food they eat and the horrible/bad things that is in those products which can cause serious health problems.
Graded 2nd Quarter
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