Genetically Modified Food

After reading “Sowing a Gene Revolution,” I feel like the benefits of genetically modified food far outweigh the negatives. The problems with genetically modified food are not definite and seem petty compared to the positive effects. There might be a development of resistant pests, there are possible health risks from toxins research can’t prove exist, and maybe cheaper food would cause people to have less variation in their diet. These uncertainties seems well worth the risk to grow more and more efficiently, helping to reduce poverty and starvation. There is no way to say that eating too much cheap rice is better than starving because rice is too expensive. There are definite negative connotations put on genetically modified food, but that’s going to happen any time there’s a new progressive scientific development. Most people dislike change and often respond badly to infusing technology into sacred practices and changing what they are used to.