Controversy about the food industry has struck America like a lightning bolt. Health concerns have been a hot topic of discussion between the American people and Monsanto, the leading company in genetically modified foods. All across the globe, most developed nations have a string of laws and bans on such food, but America seems to be the only one not doing anything. This blatant harm provided by the food industry to the American people must stop, and it must stop fast.

The health problems in America are no secret. With the rise of obesity and premature death from similar problems, citizens are becoming concerned. If a family decides to become healthier, the produce they would purchase has as many chemicals as popular processed foods. After being processed, dissected, and has ad their genetic makeup played with, the plants are coated with layers of pesticides to get rid of the bugs. The bugs have become immune to the plants, so harsher chemicals must be used. 2,4-D was used in Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. 2,4-D is also a key ingredient in the pesticides used on America’s produce. Genetically modified foods have not been around long enough to conclusively understand the long term health problems, but the short term are becoming clearer and clearer. In the documentary, Food Inc., a mother is distraught when both of her children have been diagnosed with many serious food allergies. After consulting with many doctors, one suggests to try organic foods, and try to eat only non-gmo products. After staying on this diet, the children miraculously  have overcome their allergies. This is pure evidence that genetically modified foods have a huge factor in America’s health issues.  

One would believe that America’s food industry issues are shared with other developed nations. But contrary to logical mindset, industrialized countries, such as Europe and Asia, have much stricter food laws and bans. In Asia, China specifically, extreme measures have been taken to insure the safety of China’s population of 1.4 billion. Over 2,000 people have been arrested for producing, distributing, and / or marketing “defective” foods. On the European continent, the European Food Safety Authority has strictly and effectively protected the European people from harmful and deleterious foods.