Monsanto Dilemmas

The luxury of being able to feed the world is overwhelming, more so that it blinds one's judgment. The long term effect of GMOs are unpredictable; they impose serious threats to health and people should have the right to determine whether they want to consume them or not. Putting one’s health into the hands of production companies does little to assure safety. The public is not aware of the dangers they are exposed to or the fact that they are potentially putting their life at risk. GMOs have been around since the early ‘80s, between then and today no one is certain of the long term consequences that follow the consumption of genetically modified food. Take a moment to think about your local grocery store, it is more than likely that it makes up part of the 70 percent of agencies unaware of mutated foods in its store(Edwards). The issue at hand is the fact that people are oblivious, careless, and uninformed. The dangers following this issue are being ignored by everyone, including the government none the less(“10 reasons”). Learning and understanding the controversy of this topic can go a long way in determining the future for posterity. …show more content…
For example, taking the DNA out of a completely different spices and putting it in a plant to engorge it above the average norm. Monsanto is a biotech company and is the largest producer of genetically modified seeds, roundup, and herbicides(Edwards). In the mid 20th century the company came out with DDT among many other products. DDT, one of Monsanto’s first product, was a pesticide for mosquitos that later turned out to impose serious threats to your immune system, cause infertility, and liver damage(Palmer). All this happened despite the fact that Monsanto had assured the government that their product was safe. The so called “safe” product is now banned