As a rule, GMOs have made life easier and cheaper for large-scale farmers in developed nations by reducing the costs of chemicals, labor, or storage. But they have provided few tangible gains for the middle-class folk in those nations who buy the farmers’ products in supermarkets. The food doesn’t look or smell or taste better; it doesn’t seem less expensive. Why should they accept any risk, no matter how small the white-coats claim them to be?
As a rule, GMOs have made life easier and cheaper for large-scale farmers in developed nations by reducing the costs of chemicals, labor, or storage. But they have provided few tangible gains for the middle-class folk in those nations who buy the farmers’ products in supermarkets. The food doesn’t look or smell or taste better; it doesn’t seem less expensive. Why should they accept any risk, no matter how small the white-coats claim them to be?
