As Deborah Whitman, M.S. in Biotechnology from John Hopkins University explains, "malnutrition is a very common occurrence among third world countries where impoverished people rely heavily on a single, staple food crop such as rice for their primary nutritional needs". ...
Most Americans live under the assumption that food production companies will produce a humane and safe product supplied to the local grocery store. If not the U.S. government will step in to protect the public and correct any harmful methods or additives used in the process. Unfortunately the U.S. Government is failing us, and the food companies only provide consumers with risky and unhealthy choices without correct labeling. The growth of our food is made for mass production, as cheaply as possible, using chemicals and genetically engineered crops, with only one main goal, money. ...