GMO is a very big a real problem! good post!!! The whole "ive eaten this for years and never got cancer" is invalid... of course you didnt food before never had GMO. its cross bread with flipping animals and fish. and youll catch what diseases they had. and if crops are non GMO but near a GMO crop itll cross contaminate.
i hear that a lot from the older generation but you are right when they were kids there was no such thing as GMO or high frutcose corn syrup in everything. these things didn't exist. these same people say that and then you hear they are diabetics or had a stroke last year, basically those old habits ended up catching up to them.
i had an arguement with family last xmas because they got eggnog that had high fructose corn syrup in it.. i told them why get that? they said "well this is what we get every year for xmas"... i said "thats fine, i'm not saying don't get eggnog i'm saying buy eggnog that doesn't have HFCS".. "but steve we have been drinking this every year and we are fine!" says my mom and grandma who both have diabetes..
then they will say "diabetes runs in the family" ... my counter is "is it that diabetes runs in the family or is it that bad habits run in the family??" hmmmmm...
everyone wants to believe what they are eating/drinking is okay for them because it hurts their pride that what they love isn't good for them. typical human behavior