GMO's Genetically eng. organism (bio engineered foods) & Food Labeling

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Manipulating and selectively breeding plants for specific desirable charachteristics is nothing new, for well over 150 years this has been the way that people have genetically modified fruits and vegetables. Since the early 1990's science has taken bio engineering to a whole 'nother level. They take genetic code from virus' and bacteria like botulism and e-coli. I don't know about you but the thought of consuming these bioengeneered food products does not sit well with me. Especially when the companies responsible for putting these foods on our grocery shelves have fought seven ways to Sunday to keep from having to put that they contain bio-engineered crops. They say that it is because it will lead to prefferential shopping and could unduly prejudice consumers against buying their products. The real reason is accountability. When people have reactions, illness, or death as a result of consuming the GMO products, they don't want people to be able to look at the label of whatever made them sick and hold the manufacturer liable for their ills. That doesn't sit well with me either. If there is nothing wrong with GMO crops then why hide them? What do you think of these Genetically Altered food products? Are you Bio-Engineering yay, or like me saying "whoa hold up, wait a minute, is it safe? is it better than the natural equivalent? Do you think that they should label foods that do contain GMO's? Finally do you worry that GMO's may not be healthy or good for people, for your children, to eat?