Would you try a NewLeaf potato

When I started reading the potato chapter, I was sure I would never try a NewLeaf potato. It seemed unnatural and something I did not want to put in my body. After yesterday's class discussion I was set on never eating one of these potatoes because the FDA would not even look at the nutritional value. They classified these potatoes as a pesticide. I have never really had the desire to eat a pesticide so I was definitely steering clear of those mutant potatoes. Then I finished reading the potato chapter. I discovered that, I, like many other people, have been eating potatoes that were not in anyway better than these NewLeaf potatoes. The potatoes grown on many farms have a lot of pesticides on them to kill the bugs. Michael Pollan states, “Net necrosis is a purely cosmetic defect, yet because McDonald’s believes- with good reason- that we don’t like to see brown spots in our French fries, farmers like Danny Forsyth must spray their fields with some of the most toxic chemicals now in use, including an organophosphate called Monitor,” (Pollan, 219). This to me is absurd. Growing up in Pennsylvania, in an area that is what I would call “potato happy”, I have probably eaten my fair share of toxins with out knowing it for cosmetic reasons. Pollan goes on to state, “’Monitor is a deadly chemical,’ Forsyth told me; it is known to damage the human nervous. ‘I won’t go into a field for four or five days after it’s been sprayed- not even to fix a broken pivot.’ That is, Forsyth would sooner lose a whole circle to drought than expose himself or an employee to this poison,” (Pollan, 219). That is scary to think about. That sounds very unhealthy. I was not aware of the toxins I eat daily on my potatoes. All of this proves that, while its astonishing that I had no idea what I have been eating, I think my stomach can handle the NewLeaf potato. After this recent discovery of what I have been putting in my body, the NewLeaf potato seems appealing compared to the potatoes with many toxins.