GMO: Why Are People Afraid of It?

Absolutely! people have all the right reasons to fear tampered foods and created by the hands of scientists. These people who do GMO experimenting, are toying with nature and ruining the natural course. They don't care about the consequences it can cause but profits and the goal of satisfying some goal thinking its completely perfect solution when its not. Take a look at Monsanto, and they're trying to rip off farmers by selling them products they need. Suing them, chances are people may not win.

People are afraid of genetically engineered crops (GMOs) for a number of reasons:

1. Few people really understand the technology, and we tend to fear that which we do not understand.

2. A general sense that it isn't "natural" - whatever that means in the context of 21st-century agriculture. Our food (both plants and animals) has been selectively bred over thousands of years, and is, in general, pretty far removed from its natural state. But there is a widespread aversion to things "unnatural", although the dividing line between what is a natural process and what is not can sometimes be unclear.

3. A sense that there is risk, or higher risk, of some adverse consequences to growing or consuming them, whether or not that is reality.

4. The sense that the benefits of genetic engineering mainly accrue to the breeders and the farmers, rather than to the consumers. So for a consumer, who sees little or no direct benefit to themselves, where is the incentive to accept something new and unknown?

5. A sense that the risk involved is both unknown and out of our control as consumers, so we tend to overestimate it. I have seen people buy organic food and cigarettes at the same time. The risk of cigarettes is much worse, of course, but it's more known, accepted by choice, and (presumably) comes with a benefit (the enjoyment of smoking), so it's discounted.

6. There is a great deal of pseudo-scientists, and charlatans out there peddling their version of things and suggesting that there are all kinds of negatives related to GMO technology.

7. The main benefit to the consumer would be price, but it's not transparent, and rarely are consumers presented with a side-by-side choice of GMO or non-GMO of the same item.

8. A general mistrust of corporations, and a perception that it's only large companies and large farms who benefit from the technology.

So it's more psychology than science. But there's your answer.

Genetically engineered crops are among the most widely tested foods out there, and both humans and animals have been consuming them widely for more than 25 years.

its new technology

absolutely nothing. The food will be broken down just like any other food in question