Humans have been altering the genetic makeup of plants for millennia, keeping seeds from the best crops and planting them in following years, breeding and crossbreeding varieties to make them taste sweeter, grow bigger, last longer.

Whether biotech foods will deliver on their promise of eliminating world hunger and bettering the lives of all remains to be seen.  Their potential is enormous, yet they carry risks — and we may pay for accidents or errors in judgment in ways we cannot yet imagine.  But the biggest mistake of all would be to blindly reject or endorse this new technology.  This article is so right on and it's 100% common sense.