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A review by socraticgadfly
Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future by Caitlin Shetterly
1.0
This book is chock-full of commissions of the naturalistic fallacy, as well as anecdotal observations being substituted for scientific research and travelogue being substituted for logically presented story line, those last two noted by others.
The naturalistic fallacy begins, of course, with the idea that non-GMO is better than GMO, and that organic is better than non-organic. Since there's no index to this book, I have no idea if Ms. Shetterly knows that she's probably eating mutagenic foods; that is, her Rio Star or Ruby Star grapefruit, barley in bread or beer and other things have been created by RADIATION!!!
This narrative reaches almost comic levels with her description of Nebraska farmer Zack Hunnicutt and his apple-pie, all-American looks. One almost expects to find out she thinks Monsanto has maade him into a Manchurian farmer. (Beyond that, a lot of this part of the story has comments about him that come off as patronizing.)
Otherwise, while I feel for whatever caused her health symptoms, looking for GMO-related corn proteins in something like corn starch, let alone corn syrup, seems gnat-straining.
The naturalistic fallacy begins, of course, with the idea that non-GMO is better than GMO, and that organic is better than non-organic. Since there's no index to this book, I have no idea if Ms. Shetterly knows that she's probably eating mutagenic foods; that is, her Rio Star or Ruby Star grapefruit, barley in bread or beer and other things have been created by RADIATION!!!
This narrative reaches almost comic levels with her description of Nebraska farmer Zack Hunnicutt and his apple-pie, all-American looks. One almost expects to find out she thinks Monsanto has maade him into a Manchurian farmer. (Beyond that, a lot of this part of the story has comments about him that come off as patronizing.)
Otherwise, while I feel for whatever caused her health symptoms, looking for GMO-related corn proteins in something like corn starch, let alone corn syrup, seems gnat-straining.