“Challenges And Risks Of Genetically Engineered Organisms”.

Genetically Modified Organisms are organisms that are infused with DNA extracted from another organism, which can come from plants, animals and even human genes. Although many companies have decided that buyers of their products do not need to be informed on the dangers of genetically modified organisms, consumers deserve to be informed by product labeling because the unnatural production of consumable products can, and will create detriments to our bodies, our environment and other living things.

Most people in the United States don't realize that they've been eating genetically engineered foods since the mid-1990s. More than 60 percent of all processed foods on U.S. supermarket shelves—including pizza, chips, cookies, ice cream, salad dressing, corn syrup, and baking powder—contain ingredients from engineered soybeans, corn, or

Society has no idea about the agricultural products that are broken down into high and monitored risks with GMO’s that is in the food eaten everyday. Those in fact that are high risk of being GMO are in commercial production which the ingredients are derived from being tested every time prior to use in what is known as the Non-GMO project products. The Non-GMO project standard most people would have no idea about actually lists these high risks that are from GMO microorganisms, crops , animal and bee products to feed these certain crops. Some examples of these high risks crops that could be GMO are Alfalfa, Canola, Corn, Cotton, Papaya, Soy, Sugar Beets, Zucchini and Yellow Summer Squash. Also, something to look for when people want to know

In this research project, the question that initially guided my ideas was “How safe are Genetically Modified Organisms?" Beyond further investigation of the topic, I took the route of GM Feed to assess the animals that are being prepared for our consumption. Therefore whether there is some sort of GM contamination in the body of the animals with a GM diet, it allows me to make my own stance on the potential risks and safety of GMOs for animals and humans. With conductive research on scholarly articles and journals that investigate the study of animals fed GM Crops, I plan to explain to my audience that GM foods have more benefits

Genetic engineering in agriculture can produce health risks to humans and can threaten the environment. The genetically engineered plants can release toxins into the air which could bring new allergens. The plants are also immune to herbicides.

According to the Economic Research Service/ USDA, United States highly produce on corn (90% acres), soy (93% acres) and cotton (90%acres) in year 2013. (Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, 2014) Since United States adopted genetically modified technologies in agricultural field, a majority of food products of United States contains of genetically modified ingredients. But the saddest part is most of the American citizens does not realized that they are consumed almost 85% of genetically modified food in their daily meal. (Stryker, 2013) This shows almost every grocery shops in United States must have processed foods that come from genetically modified food. Processed foods such as cookies, breakfast cereal, and corn syrup are containing genetically engineered ingredients from corn

Genetic engineering is the alteration of an organism’s genotype using recombinant DNA technology to modify an organism’s DNA to achieve desirable traits. (OpenStax 459). The main purpose however of genetic engineering is to deepen the understanding of how genetics works, as well as how it can be applied to the rest of the world. For example growing body parts on mice, or make crops resistant to pesticides, help them grow faster, make them produce faster and much more. The process of genetic engineering according to FAO Corporate Document Repository occurs in 9 steps:

"The process of genetic engineering always involves the risk of altering the genetics and cellular functioning of a food organism in unanticipated ways. These unanticipated alterations can result in GE foods being allergenic, toxic, or reduced in nutritional value". GMO ; genetically modified organisms is a process by which recombinant DNA is retracted and used to combine with another organisms DNA to either improve or restrain certain attributes in organism. The types of potential hazards posed by GMO’s vary according to the type of organism being modified and its intended application. This can be done to either live stock by enlarging the animal to an unhealthy size or even reducing the nutrition the animal receives thus killing the animal or plantation by creating herbicides or even bacteria by altering the bacteria to create a virus resistant which could potentially create put more lives at risk rather than saving them. The process of genetically modifying organisms may be efficient and less time consuming than organically grown organisms but it should not be used to enhance or limit any organisms as there are many negative risks that could potentially or fatally harm the organisms and the their environment.

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Guess what? There is a new food braking surface. Sure it has a seed, but what if I told you it wasn’t a natural seed. This new seed was created in a lab, by scientists. An unnatural seed, that’s scary, created in a lab, that’s even scarier. This seed I’m writing about is known as a Genetically Modified Organism, or a GMO. For the most part, a GMO seed isn’t good for the soil. GMOs cause ‘super-weeds’ to grow, which has increased the use of herbicides tramatically. This, in turn makes GMOs very harmful to our environment. Herbicides aren’t good for the environment when used in large quantities, like GMO farmers must do. This is why I am against GMO manufacturing.

What are the issues related to the use of genetically modified organisms, and do the benefits outweigh the possible risks?

About 90 percent of corn, soybeans, and cotton are grown in the U.S. is engineered. GMOs are ingredients in 70 to 80 percent of America’s processed foods. Many of the foods we eat are covered in pesticides.

It is said that we are what we eat. If we eat we eat dangerous things, something will

Genetic engineering is when organisms are genetically modified through altering the base codes of DNA. This can be done through taking out the specific DNA strand that wants or needs to be changed and replacing that with another alike. But there are some complications to it like how do they know that the DNA they have chosen is the right one to take as well as trying to match it up correctly with the same base. When the DNA is changed, it can be from a different organism that has the traits which is wanted. Genetic engineering has many opinions towards it due to how many people wanting it done to their child or food but on the other hand of people it seems too tricky and risky to even think about having it done due to not having enough knowledge and understanding.

Conglomerates and their GMOs are starting to, if they have not already, take over the food industry. In the United States alone there are a number of crops that have already begun to commercialize and sold to the consumers. So of these major products include corn, in which 60 percent of the total corn product is GM, cotton which is 83 percent, and soy which is 89 percent. Additionally in the United States companies are not required to label products containing products containing GMOs on their packages (Smith 257). And now with the invention of high fructose corn syrup, which is in almost every product these days, it is terrifying to think about how much GMOs we consume on a daily basis.