WHAT'S WRONG WITH GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD?

Is there now any good evidence that genetically modified foods (GMOs) are dangerous to health or environment? Kaplan argues that there is not, but that there may be other good reasons to oppose them. Kaplan argues that the World Trade Organization's (WTO) regulations concerning GMOs may give unfair economic and political advantages to large corporate farmers at the expense of small farmers in developing nations. If true, the issue of GMOs is not just about health and the environment anymore. It is also about distributive justice on a global economic scale. Food, science, economics, and politics intersect on the road to GMOs.