Genetically modifying items in our food supply creates a new life form that would never occur in nature, along with new and unpredictable health and environmental risks. This year the first commercial planting of genetically modified sugar beets was done in the United States, which means genetically modified sugar will be entering our food supply very soon if not already.
A consumer group Citizens for Health launched a campaign to pressure the major sugar and candy companies from using the genetically modified sugar. Back in 2001, Hershey's, M&M Mars, and American Crystal Sugar all promised not to use genetically modified sugar, and the consumer group is now asking consumers to email these companies to urge them to keep their promise. A coalition of farmer and environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuite in an attempt to block the planting of the genetically modified beets also.
Genetically modified crops may also cross-breed with regular crops, very likely to happen with wind pollinated crops, which could destoy efforts at organic farming. And since corn syrup is more widely used than sugar and the majority of corn grown in the U.S. is "Roundup Ready" (in other words genetically modified), food safety experts say that nearly all sweetened food in the U.S. will soon be genetically modified. U.S. law doesn't require labeling of genetically modified ingredients, so we won't be able to tell what we're eating and being exposed to.
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