GMO Apple Is A Rotten Idea

I knew Frankenstein apples were coming – but I still almost choked on my morning fruit bowl when the young, local TV reporter revealed what just happened. The United States Department of Agriculture gave the nod that allows trees bearing genetically manipulated apples to be sold to farmers. Consumer safety approval by the FDA is now sure to follow. That means that this Frankenstein fruit will be coming to a supermarket shelf near you in just a few years. I warned you about these GMO apples – called Arctic Apples – more than a year ago. Their genetically engineered twist is that they don’t turn brown when cut or sliced. This TV reporter might as well have been a paid spokeswoman for Big Agra. And that bothered me. As a respected physician in Palm Beach County, Florida, I could have called the station and convinced them to put me on TV to explain my worries about GMOs. But I’m not a publicity hound. Unlike some doctors, my priority is to keep you and my patients healthy. Yet where were the questions about the safety of these Franken-apples and why we even need them? I have other questions… Apples turn brown when cut, because of their exposure to oxygen. Humans and many other animals have been nourishing themselves with these apples for thousands of years. What right do we have to tinker with the very stuff of life? Why alter something that is already so nutritious? I expect we’ll see a rash of new food allergies as a result. And why hasn’t anyone...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Nutrition FDA food genetically engineered food GMO organic toxins USDA Source Type: news