Genetically Modified Organisms And Health

Genetic modified organisms, or GMOs, are living organisms that, through the genetic engineering process, have been altered to withstand certain chemicals and increase the nutritional value of the product. In fact, the majority of the foods found at the grocery store are genetically altered. Genetic modification is becoming increasingly popular on farms throughout the United States and moving into other parts of the world due to their increasing yield capabilities and pest and weed control. However, this has been, and continues to be, an extremely controversial topic of discussion in the world of agriculture and biotechnology, as well as health food critics, because of potential environmental and health risks.

Gmo have been shown to harm the ecosystem,These human-made organisms can reproduce and interbreed with natural organisms, thereby spreading to new environments and future generations in an unpredictable and uncontrollable way.

Many will argue that Genetically Modified Organisms(GMOs) are not safe for human consumption, however they are almost inevitable for our everyday food consumption. Some argue that the recent increase in gluten intolerance is caused by GMO foods (Argument against). Other state that the risk to humans by GMO’s is relatively small (The GMO”). The bottom line is what people put into their bodies is a personal choice and a person should be able to easily tell if a product has been genetically modified or not.

Genetically Modified Organism or GMO is an organism that has been altered genetically. There are many possibilities for altering an organism such as growing conditions, quantity, or even scientific breakthroughs. Many choose a side over this heated debate, whether GMOs are safe or if they are harmful to humans. Currently about two-thirds of all items in the supermarket is GMO(Corn The Miracle Crop). GMO promise increase crop yields, lower costs, and less herbicides and pesticides. Altering the organisms genetics could negatively affect the organism resulting in an unstable product. Researchers have found that an unstable product can result in poor crop production, decrease in nutritional value, toxic and

Most concerns with respect to GMOs have been due to their effects on human health and the environment. Some of the possible health concerns to humans include organ failure and birth defects. Based on tests carried out on rats, it has been shown that organs such as kidneys, liver and the heart may fail due to GMO consumption. Research has also shown that pregnant women are also at the risk of experiencing birth defects due to GMO consumption. On the environment, GMOs have resulted into weed resistance whereby they cannot be destroyed by the normal pesticides. In United States for instance, it has been reported that nine species of weeds have evolved to become resistant. GMOs have also been reported to persist in waterways. Researchers have been able to show that while pollen or leaves find their way to streams, these chemicals persist in waterways (Cavdar & Aydin, 2015).

Genetically modified organisms, otherwise known as GMOs, are a great danger to humanity. GMOs are genetically altered organisms engineered with the purpose to be resistant to dangerous pesticides, or to repel certain pests or certain viruses. The main purpose of them is to save farmers money when it comes to harvesting crops and cutting down labor costs. Overall, GMOs (also known as biotech or transgenic crops) are not safe and there are many reasons to prove it. First and foremost, GMOs pose a great risk to people’s health. GMOs are not natural. Scientists have developed these to help increase crop yields and profits for farmers and the companies selling the seeds and pesticides. They sacrifice people’s health at the expense of risks such as, humans developing allergies and possible resistance to antibiotics. Second, the environment will suffer greatly from GMOs by increasing the use of harmful herbicides. GMOs have insecticidal properties in their DNA. This on its own can be very harmful and poisonous to the ecosystem. The required herbicides used on GMOs to kill the weeds are also very dangerous to the environment. Lastly, GMOs cause great distress to organic agriculture. The organic agriculture is being compromised and abolished when GMOs come into contact with organic crops. While only a few big companies hoard the seed industry, this can be the demise of the planet’s organic agriculture. That will leave GMO companies in charge of the

GMO’s are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated or changed in a laboratory. GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism, most GMO’s are common in foods today. The process of creating a genetically modified organism is fairly new, but it is now commonly used, and becoming more frequent in America's everyday meals. When scientist create a GMO, they are creating a hybrid or a modified version of an organism that would not naturally occur in nature. The reasoning behind this is to create a new organism that can withstand diseases, have drought tolerance, or bring more benefits to the consumer. One major question most people have is; “Are GMO’s safe?” The answer to that is NO. Most developed nations consider

For example, the use of GMOs have created what is called super weeds , which are weeds that are resistant to chemicals. Furthermore, as the author mentions claims “Superweeds have evolved to withstand the very chemicals designed to kill them and they have now become an epidemic on farmland in many locations across the country” (3). Upon this claim GMOs have created a outbreak of weeds that can not be stopped due to the continued use of GMOs by farmers.In addition, GMOs are killing bees and monarch butterflies due to the use of pesticides on GMO crops. but this can not happen because bees are the key to the pollination and production of agriculture through fertilization. The main reason for so many bees dying is because crops are drowned in chemicals that are unhealthy for animals. In addition farmers are using these harmful pesticides that come from corporation that harm these beneficial insects. As the author claims that “Companies like Monsanto, Bayer, Dow Agrosciences . . . in the herbicides and pesticides and seeds they sell to farmers who grow genetically engineered crops” (4). With this information shows that with the continued use of these pesticides will eventually kill out enormous amounts of bees and that we need bees in order to thrive and prosper. Also, GMOs can affect biodiversity of a any given environment. The author claims that with “Genetic modification it produces genetically modified animals, plants and

Because GMOs are not always put through proper testing, there are two common GMOs that are harmful to the world. One of these GMOs are called pesticide producers. These pesticide producers are created by transferring a gene from a bacteria into the crops in order to become resistant to insects. Complications are occurring from these pesticide producers. Over 500 species of bugs have become resistant to these pesticides (GMO OMG). Not only are crops genetically modified to be resistant to insects, but also weeds. The other most prominent type of GMO are herbicide resisters. These crops are also known as roundup ready crops due to their ability to survive from weed killing chemicals. Yet again, there are some major drawbacks to these roundup ready GMOs, such as the adaptation of roundup resistant weeds. Secondly, the 5.1 billion pounds of chemicals used each year across the world with these GMOs are causing severe ecological damage. The process of growing GMO crops emits nearly 40% more greenhouse gasses compared to organic processes. Likewise, the USDA says that in Iowa for every bushel of GMO corn

About 90% of cotton, corn, and soybean planted in the United States during 2014 and 2015 was genetically modified. Organisms that have been engineered in laboratories and have been altered for a beneficial way are genetically modified foods and crops. That is done by manipulating the food’s DNA. GM foods/crops were first approved for human consumption in the United States of America in 1994. Genetically modified crops covered one-tenth of the world’s farmland in 2010 ("Genetically modified organism (GMO)."). Also, genetically modified foods and crops are not any different from crops modified by other techniques but genetically modified crops and foods are the only ones regulated by governments around the world (Messer). Genetically modified foods are beneficial to the society because more food is available, they are resistant, and safe.

Scientist that are against the GMOs have debated these topics in many perspectives, but the three most important arguments are the dangerous amounts of herbicides used on crops, environmental harm in our ecosystem and the linkage between GMOs and toxins in our bodies. With these debates scientist against GMOs have hoped to raise the awareness of

On Friday, May 29th, 1992, the FDA decided to publish a policy that allowed everyday Americans to consume genetically modified organisms.This policy, although an attempt to modernize the products of biotechnology system, would end up causing extreme controversy throughout the nation. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living organisms whose genetic material has been altered or manipulated using genetic engineering. According to the Grocery Manufacturers Association, between seventy percent and eighty percent of packaged food in grocery stores in America contain GMOs (Moodie). Americans can find GMOs in cereal, yogurt, corn, and many more food items. Although many GM crop producing companies promote GMOs as harmless, recent studies

Rice is a major staple for over half of the world, mostly Asia. As a major portion of the diet to billions of people, rice has proven to be semi-adequate sustenance for major populations. Rice has proven to be effective in sustaining life albeit malnourished; hence, rice has been at the forefront of modern genetic modification to improve the lives of many. Much of the research goes into production research to attain higher yields of rice for an ever growing population and the delimiting of world hunger and nutritionally deficient deaths. Much of the mass production of genetically modified rice has been stagnant to some degree from the incorporation of heavy regulation on Genetically Modified Organisms and their

According to the World Health Organization (2014. 1), "Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be defined as organisms (i.e. plants, animals or microorganisms) in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination. The technology is often called 'modern biotechnology ' or 'gene technology ', sometimes also 'recombinant DNA technology ' or 'genetic engineering '. Foods produced from or using GM organisms are often referred to as GM foods.” Many organic crops farming farmers are against cultivating of GM crops because of the threat to farm land and environment however, biotechnology companies and GM crops growing famer desire to have profit and consumer look for low price. Thus, the debate over the environmental impact of genetically modified GM crops is growing. Although GM crops negatively affects on some organism in environment, they reduce the use of pesticides and increase crop yield.

GM crops are highly disputed amongst scientists, farmers, and environmentalists. The potential of GM crops to improve upon current agricultural methods by increasing agricultural productivity and improving pest resistance has been met by claims that GM crops increase herbicide usage and threaten biodiversity.