The topic of GMOs is an interesting one, but it’s not something I would really concern myself with. Despite that, the article written by Amy Harmon presents all the beliefs and thoughts revolving around it. The main things that seem to be important are people who don’t support the bill, people who do support it, and people who are unsure about it all.
The supporting and nonsupporting people both present reasons that are entirely justifiable. Concerns of health and concerns of money are things that everyone are more than likely to face at least once in their lifetime.
For the health concerns, no one wants their health to decline. The notion is further supported if people know they can prevent the decline by altering something. In this case, it would be removing GMOs from the picture entirely. This solution may make the difference if GMOs really do cause all the negative health issues, but it still doesn’t change one particular consequence.
Namely, money. As it is said in the article, GMOs are in a variety of foods, and one particular GMO is grown and attributed to that area, which is the Rainbow Papaya. While the papaya won’t all be removed, with such a large majority against GMOs, the economy is affected, and it’s not the small businesses that are the only thing affected. With so many things containing GMOs, a lot of major businesses who use them also affected.
Making the choice between the two would undoubtedly be difficult to make, as Greggor Ilagan clearly showed. The decision is even more difficult to make because like almost everything, there are flaws. The supporter’s “evidence” is flawed in that the evidence is possibly not credible, even the non-supporters stance is flawed in that there may be ulterior motives. The article itself is also flawed, and almost seems skewed toward not supporting the bill to ban.
The article puts the supporters in a somewhat negative light, but overall, they do present key things. The important thing is getting attention to GMOs, and the secondary things are things that revolve around it. While GMOs aren’t detailed in what their effects are, readers can take the initiative just like Illagan.