Gm Food Pros and Cons

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

“Should We Care About Genetically Modified Foods?” by John N. Shaw appeared in Food Safety News issue of February 1, 2010, as a feature under the health section on the controversy between the pros and cons of genetically modified foods (Also known as GMO, genetically modified organisms). The main idea of this article is to inform people of the benefits of GMOs . The author, John Shaw received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with a minor in Marketing from the University of Arkansas in 2007, where he was a “leadership scholar.” In addition to his studies, he has worked as a research assistant with Food Law LL.M. Director Susan Schneider, interned with Wal-Mart Government and Corporate Affairs division, the Arkansas Attorney General Public Protection Division, and with United States Senator Blanche Lincoln. John has a passion for Food Law, sports, and outdoors. In the article, he states, “ I submit that I am no scientist; merely an interested student.” According to the article, he is passionate and has done sufficient research about the topic to support his argument.

Second, should Taco Bell continue to use approved genetically modified substances in its food? Third, which steps should Taco Bell take in order to communicate with Kraft? Fourth, what brand damage has been caused, if any? And how can it be mitigated? Fifth, should Taco Bell contact media outlets regarding this issue or allow Kraft to take the lead given that it manufactured the corn shells?

In, “Are Engineered Foods Evil?,” Freedman discusses the concerns of scientist on both sides of the spectrum. He discusses the issue of the public being scared of what GM foods can do to our bodies as well as nations that have banned them all together. He provides concerns from renowned scientist who find GM foods to be subsequently harmful over an elongated amount of time and he also provides the viewpoints of renowned scientist who fight the fear with

GM foods are in the middle of many controversial issues; primarily these are addressed by conflicts over the relative pros and cons of GM foods. Major biotech companies like ‘Monsanto ' and ‘Cargill ' are promoting GM foods by focusing only on their beneficial aspects, giving least importance to their negative effects on safety, environment and biodiversity. On the other hand, governmental regulators and nongovernmental organizations, along with some scientists, are strictly opposing this type of blind promotion of GM food by enlightening the people on their negative effects The controversies associated with GM foods include issues such as safety, environmental benefits and risks, biodiversity, and ethical and social considerations.GM foods are implicated for adverse human health risks like people being allergic to it, environmental hazards such as development of super weeds, and pesticide and antibiotic resistance in disease causing organisms. On the other

Frito-Lay has had plenty of lawsuits pertaining to GMOs, one case caused them to pay for nearly $1M to settle a class-action lawsuit. Agribusiness is very complicated when it comes to farming, and when a company uses GMOs, they will let their consumers know. If the company uses GMOs but doesn’t inform their consumer, the consumer fights back. There have been several lawsuits including their most recent lawsuit which was settled on 8/23/2016. Lawsuits like this have started since 2011, when it was discovered that they used GMOs in their corn chips, such as Tostitos and SunChips. By hiding their use of GMOs, people get rowdy over things such as this due to being lied to. The reasoning for the quietness over the issue is due to PepsiCo’s, the parent company of Frito-Lay, reluctant involvement with a lawsuit regarding the challenge of the legality of the Vermont Law. Being busy with this caused the lawsuits towards Frito-Lay to take action, causing the company to pay upwards of nearly

Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMO’s, are organisms that have had genes from a different organism implanted into their own genetic code in order to produce a new result (“Genetically engineered foods”). This practice has elicited polar responses across the globe, for a multitude of reasons. Besides the obvious reason, being the morality of changing an organism's DNA for human benefit, one frequently noted problem is the monopolization of GMO’s by the company Monsanto, whose name is nearly synonymous with GMO’s due to their involvement with these crops. Monsanto has been at the center of many controversies regarding GMO’s, and is even considered to be ranked third to last for reputation among all major American companies (Bennett). Most

Over the past few decades a new controversy has arisen in the scientific community: should Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) be used in modern society. There are generally two sides to this debate: one being in favor of GMO use and the other against it. Pro GMO activists believe that GMOs can help address hunger issues and help reduce use of pesticides/insecticides while Anti-GMO activists state that it is a threat to the agriculture industry, and should be banned. Both sides have several valid points, however GMO’s are even more complicated from initial glance, and may not be as dangerous as some believe.

Because of the success of transgenic crops like Bt corn, the usage and availability of GMOs has increased exponentially. The number of GM crops produced in the United States grew from 1.45 hectares in 1996 to over 29 million in 2000. This accounts for about 70% of the total GM crops grown in the world (European Commission 2). Similar patterns have emerged from other agriculture-intensive countries like Canada, Argentina, China, and Brazil. Large percentages of products like soybeans (68%), cotton (50%) and corn (28%) are now

A memo leaked in Canada in 1999 and written by Dr George Paterson described a private deal which resulted in rapid approval for two new kinds of Genetically Modified potatoes made by Monsanto. Until the deal was negotiated, the potatoes had been held up in the regulatory system because Monsanto refused to provide important scientific information to regulators assessing the products health and environmental effects. Michele Brill-Edwards, a former Health Canada drug regulator said "What you're seeing is a high- level example of a very dirty game that practically nobody knows about. These kinds of meetings go on all the time people are careful not to let this kind of thing be known."(Edwards) Let's remember that Monsanto was responsible for another

Monsanto is involved in a variety of ways,“The company produces the herbicide RoundUp, and also seeds whose genes have been engineered to survive RoundUp's active plant-killing ingredient. Now the vast majority of this country's soybeans, corn, sugar beets and canola possess those engineered genes,”(Boyle). Initially, this seems quite innocent, however, there’s no telling what kind of chemicals are being introduced into the food supply in order to allow these plants to survive. Also, sugar and corn are contained within almost every non organic product Americans consume, which means virtually everyone is ingesting these potentially harmful chemicals. Monsanto’s RoundUp resistant seeds should seem to be a farmer’s best friend, but it’s not always so simple, “As Rinehart would recall, the man began verbally attacking him, saying he had proof that Rinehart had planted Monsanto’s genetically modified (G.M.) soybeans in violation of the company’s patent. Better come clean and settle with Monsanto, Rinehart says the man told him—or face the consequences,”(Barlett). Simply dogmatic in his manner, the mysterious Monsanto man would not take no for an answer, even though later in the article Mr. Rinehart states that he isn’t a farmer and they have the wrong guy. Commonly referred to as seed police, even gestapo or mafia, this elite force of Monsanto maniacs are lifeless and drone-like in the sense that they will stop at nothing in order to obtain a profit, and if it’s the wrong person they’ll still use scare tactics to weasel cash out of innocent civilians. Saying that Monsanto is heavily involved in the production and distribution of genetically modified crops and seeds is a massive understatement, to demonstrate this,“In 1996 when Monsanto introduced RoundUp Ready Soybeans, the company controlled only 2% of the U.S. soybean market. Now, over 90% of

The genetic engineering of foods has, in one sense, been in existence for hundreds of years. The first time Gregor Mendel bred different varieties of pea plants to observe the various traits present in their offspring, the concept was born. Today, genetic engineering has developed into one of the most complex and advanced fields of scientific thinking, all the while provoking many questions and acquiring many opponents along the way. While there are compelling arguments presented for each side of the issue, the simple fact is that genetically modified (GM) foods are a reality, especially in the United States, as they are already present in many products that are consumed on a daily

Monsanto was being sued for allegedly knowing that dioxins were extremely toxic to humans, but creating Agent Orange anyway (Dillingham, 2009). Before the trial began, an individual working for Monsanto lobbied an individual working for the FDA and ultimately, the company was allowed to present their own research on whether dioxins were safe (Hanzai, 2014). Not surprisingly, Monsanto concluded that, “dioxins posed no direct threat to humans” and just like that, the case was thrown out (Hanzai, 2014). Today, there are more than 25 individuals who are associated with the toxic triangle that is Monsanto, the FDA and the government. For example, did you know the acting commissioner of the FDA, Michael A. Friedman, is also the Senior Vice President of Monsanto? Controversial connections like this have paved the way for laws such as H.R. 933 to be approved. H.R. 933 (the Monsanto Protection Act), signed in 2013 by Obama, prevents federal courts from being able to stop the sale or planting of genetically modified or genetically engineered (GE) seeds, no matter what health issues may arise concerning GMOs in the future Sheets, 2013). To further exacerbate this injustice, in June of 2015, bill H.R. 1599 (the DARK Act), was introduced. This bill prohibits the labelling of GMOs but also makes it unlawful for state or local governments to

This case is about the usage of genetically modified foods and up till today, this problem is continuing. It was stated that Taco Bell was accused of using StarLink corn (a type of genetically modified corn) in their taco shells. The StarLink had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it is safe for animal but not human consumption. From the time when this case happens, the public started to be aware of the possible dangers of genetically modified foods. Other than that, the prices of corn start to decline. This case had generated debates about genetically modified foods.

My first thought after interviewing the president of StarLink was to interview some companies that sold taco shells (one of the products that were sold illegally). The director of the company did not like that there was no verification of being allowed to sell the products. But, he has had no complaints to his company from selling the products. He didn’t want to put any of his opinions in this, but he thinks that genetically modified foods for his company may not be so bad. The reason being, is he read an article online from Inside Battelle that said, “The testing process can take 7-10 years, and must include evaluations of potential risks to humans and livestock as well as potential risks to wildlife and the