May 20 2000 / Nanaimo Daily News / Editorial
James Gaisford, a University of Calgary economics professor, was cited as telling a Red Deer audience recently that rising fears being expressed these days about genetically modified foods are foolish, adding, "My view is, I think all of this fear, 20 years from now, will seem silly."
The story says that not everybody is willing to make that leap of faith. And those who are wary or skeptical should have the right to reserve judgment in what they eat.
That means it's essential to press ahead with labelling on genetically modified foods. Those who do not wish to eat them should not be obliged to do so out of ignorance.
Ignorance has been the order of the day in years past. An estimated 60 per cent of the processed food on store shelves today has, the story says, been genetically modified, with little consumer reaction.
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