Genetically Modified Food: A Potential Economic Disaster

<Tab/>840 million people throughout the world currently do not have access to adequate food supplies. (United Nations) The vast majority of these people live in undeveloped countries. Biotechnology corporations have promoted GMO's or genetically modified organisms as a possible solution to World Hunger. Most GMO's are food staple products such as rice, corn, maize, and wheat that have been modified to make them better. These modifications are wide and varied. A few examples of modifications include, increased nutrition through the addition of vitamins, the ability to rep…