Going Green
Film Links Genetically-Modified Foods to Health Issues
The film, which explores genetically-modified organisms in our food supply, was screened at the Wilmette Public Library.
A film examining the controversy surrounding genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) was screened at the Wilmette Public Library on Nov. 14. “Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives" was shown as part of a Go Green Wilmette co-sponsored event. Since the 1970s, genetically-modified foods have flooded our food supply, and this film documents this development’s downside by making connections between GMO food and many of our current health problems. Genetically-modified plants, which are substances not found in nature, have been engineered to be herbicide tolerant and pesticide resistant, and they have taken over our food system. As consumers we need to know about the dangers we face from the altered end products we eat every day. “Genetic …
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Willie Wilmette
6:55 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
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