Food Nowaday Is Sustainable

But, as good as their arguments may be, I strongly believe that GMOs are perfectly good to eat and don’t do nearly as much harm to the environment/economy as we think. To start, the argument that GMOs are bad for the environment is nonsense and scientists have proven that GMOs are actually better for the environment. When you plant a genetically engineered crop, you plant and organism that is reliable and needs less space since the yields are greater. To further this, when you use less space you use less fertilizer and therefore have less toxic runoff then an organic field. Also, since they take up less space, they don’t need nearly as much equipment to harvest and therefore have reduced greenhouse gas emissions which helps to decrease the

One of the biggest reasons for their controversy has been in part over the risks that could come if any GMOs proved dangerous to humans or the environment. While this is obviously a concern, we do not need to worry about these dangers withe the amount of testing and analysis that goes into these crops before being released into the public. "Over the last 12 years between 50-100 million euros have been spent by the EU on bio-safety research. GM technology is used widely in the production of foods (e.g. the majority of cheese in the UK and US is made with an enzyme that is the product of GM technology) and medicines (e.g. the production of human growth hormone by GM methods removed the major cause of CJD). GM crops have been grown on many millions of acres since 1966 in North and South America and Asia. There are no proven examples of GM products adding risks. In contrast, there are many examples of the technology reducing risks. GM technology is not safe - nothing is - but it has a very effective record." (http://www.agbioworld.org/biotech-info/articles/biotech-art/in_favor.html) IN fact GMOs are one of the most widely studied areas of science, and no definative scientific research has every proved that they are in any way harmful. "With 2000+ global studies affirming safety, GM foods among most analyzed subjects in science"

In the past decade genetically modified foods have been have made a world of stir about whether these foods are beneficial to our society or if they are actually hurtful.There is plenty information that is available to help support both sides of the issue but for every positive thing there is also a negative consequence.With genetically-modified foods being a trendy topic and being like all great debates it has its prons and cons, so it all comes down to whether the good will supercede the bad, or vice versa.

Adversely, the opponents of GMO Food Laws, argue that there are no proven risks in eating genetically modified food. The people on the pro-GMO side, claim that genetically modified foods, are rigorously checked before being sent to the consumer, and they argue that no research has actually proven GMOs to be unsafe for human consumption.

To be able to grasp the stakeholders arguments it is important to become familiar with these concepts: genetic engineered food, industrial farming, sustainable farming, and deregulated. The first concept is genetically engineered food, which is when scientist introduces new traits or characteristics to an organism from another’s DNA. There are multiple terms used to describe genetically engineering, some of the other terms that all mean the same thing are modified living organisms and genetically modified organisms. Foods created from genetically engineered plants were introduced into our food supply in the 1990s (FDA,

Since most people eat GMOs it creates a community of people who may not know what modifications have been done to the engineered foods they have been eating. The unveiling of the modifications done on GMOs may alter a person's decision in eating it or not. GMOs have been in production for a long time and the benefits such as the nutritional value undermines the controversial negative impacts that GMOs might contain. Looking back at the sources, there is an abundance of information covering both the negative and positive impacts of GMOs. This information allows one to be unbiased during the method process so it can recieve an accurate and credible amount of data. The modifications of GMOs are not so specific. The adverse effects of GMOs are more emphasized rather than the actual process that goes behind the modifications done on the actual organisms. Further research for the specific process will be needed so the research will be able to inform the sample that I am conducting research

In addition, the media uses trickery to portray GMO’s as something dangerous and should be avoided at all cost which has influenced you to believe their dishonesty. The purpose of GMO’s is to enhance our life, not harm it. This may be through creating medicines for diseases, increase crop yield, produce food with higher nutritional value and much more. Article titles such as “Why GMOs Can Never Be Safe scare the public into believing GMO’s are bad even though the media does not have sufficient evidence to support these claims (Mercola). In fact, when recombinant DNA technology, a type of genetic modification, was first developed in the 1970’s, scientists themselves

People assume that because genetically engineered plants only first appeared in the lab about 30 years ago and became a certified commercial product in 1994, it’s too soon to tell their full effects on our bodies. They claim GMOs cause cancer, allergies, intolerances, etc., but there is absolutely no solid evidence that directly shows genetically modified organisms affect our bodies in a negative way. Because it is theoretically, not likely, possible for a new gene to express a protein that provokes an immune response, GMOs are almost constantly tested for safety and health approval. Not to mention their certified by the Food and Drug Administration, along with other

Another silly argument critics like to make is that GMOs are unhealthy. Most of the people say this without any factual knowledge and just base it off the fact they have been tampered with. They resort back to the argument that it is unnatural and leave it at that. The real fact of the matter is that GMOs usually have the same if not more nutritional value than their “organic” counterparts. In fact recent studies have brought about plant species that have increased nutritional value. A big case was that of the golden rice. William Saletan writes “Twenty-five years ago, a team of scientists, led by Ingo Potrykus

The controversy of GMO foods is that they can potentially be dangerous. People worry that there hasn’t been enough research done for these products to ensure that they are safe for human consumption. Another reason for controversy is that if genetically modified animals accidentally get into the wild, they can mate with regular animals. They can also compete with them for food and make them go extinct.

GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) are a major problem all over the world. GMO is a danger to people, animals, farmers, and the environment as a whole. One thing that is bad about GMO is that so much of it is unknown that the general public doesn’t even know whether or not it poses significant health risks. The Federal government doesn't even require that GMO be tested for carcinogenicity. There also hasn’t been any studies on the long term effects of gmo on people or animals. It causes herbicide resistant “superweeds” as well, which causes farmers to use older, more toxic herbicides to kill said weeds, and that makes its way into your food. GMO can make its way into organic crops as well, which can have unintended results, as, it can cause

Of course, when there is an argument against something, there will be a counter argument that will be for the same topic. One of the biggest health benefits that a GMO can bring to the world is the additional nutrients that can be added to the GMO (Murnaghan, 2017). This can be extremely helpful in poverty stricken areas. A food that is very common in that area can be enhanced to include the nutrient that is lacking. This will allow for the people in the area to have an all-around healthier diet without having to buy even more food to consume all the right nutrients. With the addition of nutrient enhancement in GMOs, the battle of malnutrition will also be helped (Duvauchelle, 2014). Malnutrition is very common in third world countries (Nodoushani,

Even with all of the benefits it has to offer, not everyone is a fan of GMOs. Many critics fear they can present problems to our health. Putting a new gene into something may cause a serious allergic reaction. After eating GM foods many kids developed serious allergies. This can be solved by making GM plants that don’t make pollen. GM foods also may have unknown effects on human health although nothing has been proven (Whitman 7). Faster growing fish has been researched for over 20 years and not one person has ever experienced an effect from the fish (Greenwood).

Everyone has heard of genetically modified food. They have become so prominent in the United States and fill up a majority of our supermarkets. There has been controversy over the past few years on whether genetically modifying animals and crops is ethical and safe. But what a majority of Americans lack is knowledge of genetic engineering (GE). Many Americans hear the term genetically modified organism (GMO) and think it sounds scary or bad. They decide to be against the techniques of GE before actually doing any kind of research. Before you can say you are for or against GE, you must understand what GMOs are, advantages and disadvantages of GE, and why people are protesting the use of this process so much. We eat food from supermarkets every day and we should all be concerned with whether our food is safe or not.

Food sustainability is a multi-faceted and complex topic that has social, economic, and environmental components. Food sustainability’s goal is to provide enough food for all people and to accomplish this goal in a way that doesn’t negatively impact the environment and can be done in an economical way. Food sustainability is important because as the world population keeps growing, food production will have to increase in order to meet this new demand. In an article published by Science Magazine, scientists identify the issue of food sustainability. They state that , “continuing population and consumption growth will mean that the global demand for food will increase for at least another 40 years” (Feb 10, 2010, pg. 812, H. Chalres Godfray, John Beddington, Ian Crute, Lawrence Haddad, David Lawrence, James Muir, Jules Pretty, Sherman Robinson, Sandy Thomas, and Camilla Toulmin). In other words, by 2050, the world population will be about 9 billion people and thus food production will have to meet the rising population. Food sustainability is also important because there are people around the world that currently don’t have food to eat. According to the World Food Program, there are 795 million people in the world that currently do not have enough food to live a healthy life. In addition, the majority of the world’s hungry people live in developing countries, with Asia containing the most hungry people. When talking about food sustainability, there are many parties and