GMOs' should be illegal in all food

Many people all over the world do not like GMO's. Political cartoon, public figures, the average consumer; almost all of them condemn GMO's. However, not many of them actually understand what GMO's are. GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism, meaning the DNA of the the food, an apple, per se, has been altered in such a way that is advantages either to the producer of the consumer. For example, genetically modified crops such as corn and some fruit have been genetically modified to resist pesticide. Others have been modified to grow bigger and thus have more nutritional value. A more recent one is a genetically modified apple that does not brown. A somewhat lesser known one is called insulin, which is naturally produced by the body but is injected as treatment for diabetes, as insulin regulates glucose levels. The insulin that is artificially produced is either genetically modified E coli or yeast, and helps millions of diabetics stay alive every year. GMO's are not the devils of the food industry, they are designed to benefit the consumer, be it through more quantity or more quality. If the producer of a genetically modified crop were to forgo this consumer benefit and actually harm the consumer, that producer would be shut down very quickly.To more or less illustrate how GMO's work, we can look at Monsanto, which is probably the most hated company in the food industry, quite possibly the most hated company, period. The reason for this isn't really Monsanto's fault, it's the idea of Monsanto that people hate, the idea that a company would somehow be so evil that it could sterilize plants and patent nature and modify God's work. I will get into this a little bit later, but first I will get back to the topic at hand. The way GMO's are produced is by isolating a desired gene and replicating it, either through selective breeding or through bacterial delivery, which is a topic so interesting it deserves its own paragraph.When a bacteria infects, say, you, it latches on to one of your cells and injects its DNA into that cell. The DNA is then essentially integrated into the cell's DNA, which entirely changes the purpose of that cell into producing more bacteria. After some time, the cell bursts, and a bunch of new bacteria fly out and continue the process. Bacteria delivery exploits the fact that bacteria can change the function of the cell by injecting the desired trait, or DNA, into the bacteria. The bacteria is then released and infects a plant. When the bacteria latches onto the cell, instead of injecting it's own DNA, it injects the desired trait into the plant, resulting in the cell receiving that desired trait. Through this system, you can infect colonies upon colonies of plants and spread the desired trait all over your productThe reason I think why people are so paranoid of GMO's is really because they don't understand it. They may think that GMO's are tampering with God's work, or may be tampering with Nature, or may be just outright immoral. I will acknowledge the fact that GMO's may be a little short sighted in that we don't really know the long term effects of this. However, most GMO's are in reality very similar to the original plant, they just have traits that are more or less desirable to the consumer. In fact, 80% of all processed foods are genetically modified in one way or another, with very little adverse consequences. There is a good chance that you are I have eaten something genetically modified today, and you most likely feel fine. I certainly feel fine. If you also feel fine, you must acknowledge that fact the GMO's really aren't that harmful to your health, your lifestyle, nor anything else, because genetic modification was created to cater to the consumer (and also make the company billions of dollars, but the consumer benefits too so who cares). http://www.bionetonline.org...http://modernfarmer.com...