Getting People's Attention: According to The National Library of Medicine, At least 90 percent of the soy, cotton, canola, corn and sugar beets sold in the United States have been genetically engineered. Why is this fact so important? It’s because millions of people aren’t aware of what types of chemicals they are putting into their bodies. These are chemicals that some scientist believe are damaging to the human body and race. There needs to be a change in the foods that U.S. citizens are eating. The citizens of the United States are allowing companies to put GMO’s on the market. What is so significant about genetically modified foods you ask? According to Shilo Urban, The health consequences of eating genetically modified organisms are largely unknown. This is a concern to many because we aren’t aware of what will happen to our bodies if we continue to eat these foods. The adoption of herbicide-resistant corn, which had been slower in previous years, has accelerated, reaching 89 percent of U.S. corn acreage in 2014 and in 2015, according to the U.S. …show more content…
I am one of millions of people in the United States that struggle with their weight and choosing healthier options. It’s so much harder to find fresh organic produce that is affordable for everyone. I don’t understand how it’s even okay for organic foods to be so expensive and foods such as GMO’s to be so dirt cheap. Other countries have laws to make sure that their countries are healthy and regulate the types of food allowed in their country. The United States; However, has laws on how many bugs are allowed to be in a certain type of food. This is just one of the thousands of examples of how the U.S. allows for usto have contaminated foods. Scientists believe that these GMO’s will affect our future. They predict that america will become more obese and these chemicals will eventually cause birth defects, illnesses and