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Genetically Modified Organisms Persuasive Essay

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GMO’s, or Genetically Modified Organisms, have recently in the past years become more noticed by the public as they’ve begun to show up in many of our foods and are becoming more and more controversial. A genetically modified organism is an organism that has had genes from the DNA extracted from another organism and have been artificially placed into its genes. It is used to give desirable traits to an organism and to make it easier for the people using it to make profit. There’s been much debate over how the GMO will affect humans and their health, and to date there hasn’t been any solid evidence that GMO harms humans’ health. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved the cultivation of GMO and has stated that it is not substantially different from its counterpart, and does not affect the health of humans. There have been several studies however that may say otherwise, though they haven’t been completely proven and is more speculation than anything. Some organizations, such as the AAEM …show more content…

Some countries that have banned both the cultivation and importing of GMO’s include: Russia, Madagascar, Peru, Venezuela, and Algeria. These countries believe they don’t need GMO and the Russian prime minister, Dimitry Medvedev, said for them, “If the Americans like to eat GMO products, let them eat it then. We don’t need to do that; we have enough space and opportunities to produce organic food.” Other countries have banned the cultivation of GMO’s but still allows them to be imported from other countries. There are more countries that do this. A few of them being Luxembourg, Austria, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, France, Germany, Greece, and Italy. America has still yet to ban GMO’s like these other countries. This is because the FDA has declared GMO’s and not harmful to human health or the environment. They allow for more crops that are stronger, and produce more profit so the U.S. believes that GMO’s can

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