GMO OMG By Jeremy Seifert: Scientific Research

In 2015, Tim Anderson, a PhD researcher, wrote “GMO Foods are Unsafe”, an article which perhaps sheds light on the mishandling of genetically modified foods, including the lack of testing of said food products, as well as the potential hazards posed to humans and the environment. In the same year, Genetic Literacy Project’s web editor, JoAnna Wendel, wrote a contrasting article “Genetically Modified Foods Have Been Studied and Found Safe to Eat”, and voices her disgust over the false information that constantly belittle GMOs. She believes the allegation that little evaluation has been accomplished to monitor and ensure the safety of these genetic modifications is based on frantic opinions and not accurate facts. Although their positions appear to utterly oppose one

Although GMO can be helpful, it also can be reportedly damaging in relation with health. In 1999, a scientist conducted an experiment; feeding some mice GMO foods, and some other mice non-GMO foods. The mice that were fed GMO products showed signs of precancerous cells while the other mice were completely healthy. (Science in the News). After the information was given to the public, the researcher was fired. The public went into a mass of chaos. People stretched the story, others changed it, but nonetheless GMOs had been

Are you wearing a cotton shirt? What if I told you that cotton is genetically modified? There are many products that have been genetically modified for over 20 years, but there are a group of people that have just started worrying about it now. The definition of a GMO is to genetically modifying an organism to improve on the genetics already in the organism. Despite what people think GMO’s are safe for humans to eat and don't cause any human health risks.

Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to take action against genetically modified food and realize the risks of GMO’s.

Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs are plants, animals or other organisms whose genetic makeup has been altered by using different DNA methods. (GMO Awareness.com.) Genetic modification affects many of the products we consume every day. Pesticides are substances that are regularly used to repel, kill, or control animals. Pesticides are also used to modify produce by controlling the growth of bacteria, mold and insects. The process of genetic modification in when two genes are forced into an unrelated species. That is what happens when genetically modified organisms and pesticides contaminate our produce. GMOs and pesticides have many negative contributions to the lifestyle of the animals, and even towards humans that consume

After watching GMO & OMG, Fix Foods, Fed Up, and reading “ If you pitch it they’ll eat it”, I realize that I need to make changes to my eating habits and that there needs to be a humongous change in our food industry. For an example many of us don’t really pay attention to what we eat if it looks good or smells good we're going to want more. As they said in GMO & OMG “ The Supermodel Foods”. Us people we tend to buy the food that looks best to our preference and not if it’s actually good for us. In the documentary GMO & OMG by: Jeremy Seifert he argues and tries to bring to our attention that there’s Genetically Modified Organisms has been put in our food without our knowledge. But even when knowing this we still continue to buy the genetically

The novel is a non-fiction piece written by Jeffrey Smith in 2007; published by Yes! It documents on health risk associated with genetically modified food. Jeffrey Smith is a consumer activist fighting for improved health through consumption of healthy food. In his documentary, ‘Genetic Roulette', he documents the health risks of genetically modified foods. The novel explains how genetically modified foods are prepared, how genes are altered, how they affect consumers health and finally how the government has ignored the warnings of scientists. Jeffrey makes 65 claims to prove his point that genetically modified food deteriorates human and livestock health. Since the introduction of GMO into the food supply, which Jeffrey claims untested, has

GMOs are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering. The GMO debate has a huge gap just like the climate change’s ambiguous debate. Some people are for the consumption of it and have as arguments that GMOs will feed the future population of the world that is expected to double in the few years to come, or that scientists can build stronger crops that resist to pests, therefore less use of pesticides. Some are against these ideas because they think that GMOs represent a threat to the environment and that they can cause a lot of health problems. The goal of this paper is to look at two articles “The GMO Debate is Over Again” by Mark Lynas and" Seeds of Evil: Monsanto and Genetic Engineering" by Dr. Joseph Mercola, and see where the use rhetorical strategies are effective and where they are not.

Imagine that one day the m&m’s crew were all at Robin and batman’s house sitting at the table and, the living room having a discussion about why gmo’s food needs to be labeled because they said everyone has to know what their patients are eating especially, if the patients has a problem with food allergies or other side effects that may be related to gmo’s. They all told Robin, it’s difficult to identify any links unless the foods are labeled. Robin told the M&m’s crew and batman is well that he don’t eat gmo’s because its unnatural and, they all told him don’t you know that none of your food is natural since roundup is made by Monsanto witch also produces the seeds that enable crops to survive being doused with the herbicide.

In December 2014, a Harvard professor wrote an article outlining the many benefits of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and why it is a good idea to use them. This professor is now surrounded by controversy because he failed to note his connection to the largest producer of GM seeds, Monsanto, who not only told him to write the article but also gave him the major points he was to address. Why was this such a huge deal, and why did Monsanto want a pro-GMO article out there so badly? The GMO debate is largely controversial, but largely misunderstood because of the misinformation given by biased writers, such as John Hibma, a nutritionist and author who wrote the article “More Pros Than Cons.” What many people do not realize is that genetic modification is a serious issue and that articles like Hibma’s fail to disclose the truth about the numerous health, crop, and environmental concerns surrounding GMOs.

Monsanto did not comment on the documentary. A GMO is a genetically modified organism. The organism is manufactured to produce more yield frequently. Without GMO the world would be at a standstill there would be a lack of food across the globe. “Only two percent of the world is in farming, making it hard to produce enough food” (Worland). In the documentary it talks about GMO’s causing cancer that developed in rats that they have tested. Study shows that, “rats are prone to cancer” (Castillo). American Institute for Cancer Research says, “Some environmental pollutants, like pesticides, have been shown to induce cancer in laboratory animals.” GMO’s have long term effects that haven’t been tested adequately. GM foods were created to decrease the amount of pesticides. Instead of using chemicals. Members of the Northern Canola Growers Association express, “GM foods such as BT corn can help eliminate the application of chemical pesticides. Because pesticides are harmful to humans, GM foods are the better solution; they decrease the danger” (Worland). Chemicals and pesticides not only harms the human body, but also the environment. Farmers use chemicals to maintain the shelf life and protects the food. It also pollutes the air, water and soil. Peter Singer a professor of bioethics at Princeton University, says, “five hundred eighty-eight billion pounds of excess carbon dioxide could be sequestered in the soil every year through organic methods.” GMO has been used since the early nineties and have changed the way of farming. Foods that are grown without pesticides and chemicals can reduce the risk of diseases and a clean

Throughout this semester we have covered many controversial topics such as mandatory labeling of GMO’s, and the use of cloned animals for meat products. We have watched documentaries such as King Corn and Food Inc., documentaries that have also coved these same topics. While watching these documentaries and discussing these topics it hit me hard that there are consumers in this world who are being fed lies. Lies, that they don’t even know are lies, due to the lack of knowledge that we as an industry supply. It sickens me that documentaries such as Food Inc. depict new technology such as GMO’s in every negative way possible. As an industry, we are not supplying consumers with enough knowledge so that they can depict lies from the truth. The

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

A GMO is an organism whose genetic makeup is changed by humans. A genetically modified organism (GMO) is a plant, animal or microorganism whose genetic code has been altered, subtracted, or added (either from the same species or a different species) in order to give it characteristics that it does not have normally.

For those who don’t know GMO stands for genetically modified organism…didn’t know that? That is just one way to show that GM foods and other things are getting a bad name and it being spread around by people who don’t know