The pamphlet I held screamed "Genetically Engineered Foods are invading your supermarket!" I had found it stuck under my windshield wiper, placed there while I was inside a Safeway. Whoever was doing the placing was nowhere to be found. The pamphlet that it talked a lot about fruits and vegetable, especially corn, that were genetically engineered, and what could happen to you if you ate some of these frakenfoods. There was a great deal of frouhaha over allergic reactions.
I wonder if pamphlets like this don't discourage healthy eating. Consider: you're in a grocery store and you know you're supposed to eat healthy, so instead of a bag of chips or a Snickers bar, you eye the oranges and apples instead. But then, you remember, it's probable that those oranges and apples are genetically engineered, injected with antiobiotics, crated with alar, and gassed with sulfur dioxide. After a few minutes of poorly-managed risk anxiety, you decide: screw it. It's impossible to eat healthy. You're having the extra-large bag of Doritos. It's what you really wanted anyway.
I think there should be a survey done: "Would you eat more fruits and vegetable if you were sure that you could get produce at the same price that was not genetically engineered?" I wonder what the answer would be.
I wonder if pamphlets like this don't discourage healthy eating. Consider: you're in a grocery store and you know you're supposed to eat healthy, so instead of a bag of chips or a Snickers bar, you eye the oranges and apples instead. But then, you remember, it's probable that those oranges and apples are genetically engineered, injected with antiobiotics, crated with alar, and gassed with sulfur dioxide. After a few minutes of poorly-managed risk anxiety, you decide: screw it. It's impossible to eat healthy. You're having the extra-large bag of Doritos. It's what you really wanted anyway.
I think there should be a survey done: "Would you eat more fruits and vegetable if you were sure that you could get produce at the same price that was not genetically engineered?" I wonder what the answer would be.