The Biggest Concerns About GMO Food Aren't Really About GMOs

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http://vitals.lifehacker.com/the-biggest-concerns-about-gmo-food-arent-really-about-1702906290/+kcampbelldollaghan

Everyone from Chipotle to the Food Babe rails against genetically modified ingredients, and laws to label GMO foods are making progress in some states. But the laser focus on GMOs is misguided, because most of the concerns people raise about them aren’t really about GMOs.

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There are serious problems with our food system and the way it’s based on industrial agriculture. Subsidies support sugar-laden and processed foods while people on low incomes have trouble affording healthy, sustainably grown produce. Meanwhile, needed farmland is being turned into housing developments, massive amounts of pesticides and fertilizers are finding their way into the environment, and corporate giants like Monsanto have far too much power.

Passing around infographics about which GMO-containing foods to boycott, or putting tons of effort into passing GMO labeling laws, isn’t going to do anything to solve these problems. They will just make it easier for already-privileged people to buy food they feel good about—which may well be just as bad for their health and the environment as the food they’re avoiding. Here’s why.

Reasons from the article, with a lot more information under each one

GMOs Don’t Always Mean More Pesticides
GMOs Are Unnatural, But So Are Plenty of Non-GMO Plants
Corporations Control Everything—GMO and Otherwise