Fries

So this whole school week I have been out with the stomach bug so not much progress has been made with my projet unfortunately. Last weeks survey didn't happen because there were substitutes in the library at the end of the week and today is Thursday and I will not have time to do it tomorrow. 
My mom sent me an article from thealternativedaily.com that was about how McDonalds makes their fries. The article is called "The 14 ingredients in McDonalds fries revealed (Note the Natural Beef Flavor)" I am not going to lie to you, I love Mcdonalds fries and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying because lets face it they're delicious. We also all know that they aren't healthy for us. Why aren't they healthy? "They're fatty" Oh no no no that is the least of your worries after reading this article. I am only going to touch on a few of these 14 ingredients, the first two being canola and soybean oil. both of which are most likely GMO and canola oil can double and an insecticide. Dextrose which is a form of sugar is sprinkled on the fries. Although sugar isn't totally unhealthy,why is it being put on my fries? Finally they add Dimethylpolysiloxane AKA silly putty. It isn't like unadulterated silly putty but it is an anti foaming agent added in silly putty and fries. It can also be found in sealants and lubricants. This allows there to be small amounts of formaldehyde to be present in the fries. AWESOME!!!!
This is why I'm doing this as my project, because this information is seldom known and I want everyone to know what is being put in what they are consuming. On a side note I have a "GMO notebook" where I will be taking notes and recording where I get all my information from. 

Week 1!

This week I decided to give out a survey about GMO to 100 kids at school, just to get an idea of peoples knowledge on the topic. It has about 5 questions because I looked up how to conduct a reliable survey and one tip was to keep it short and sweet so people don't get bored and cheap out on answers. I haven't given them out yet (I think I will on Thursday) but I am kind of nervous that people still won't take it seriously and just put unthoughtful generic answers. I guess I'm just gonna hand them out and see what the results are and determine if the information is useable or not. I could ask people if they will honestly answer it and if they say no I won't give it to them. Maybe I will increase the number of people I ask so there will be a bigger chance of good information. Thus far that is all I really have going... I have been researching more though. The non GMO project website has a lot of really interesting information and the more I read and learn the more I realize how money driven this country is. I am happy about what I chose as my project but at the same time it makes me sad to know all this information about our countries food production.