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Gm Foods Persuasive Essay

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Recently, many well known candy companies such as Hershey's have switched to using sugar cane as their sugar source rather than beet sugar. The explanation for this change is simple. It is because of genetically modified organisms, which are also known as GMOs. Almost all sugar beets are genetically modified, which makes the sugar from sugar beets genetically modified as well. There is much controversy over GMOs, about whether or not modified food is safe to eat. In my opinion, I believe that GMOs are very harmful to your health. First of all, there is evidence that clearly indicates that GMOs could cause harmful side effects. Also, during the traditional crossbreeding process, agricultural scientists use radiation and many other harmful chemicals to endure gene mutations. Not to mention, …show more content…

All in all, sugar beets are not good for your health, and could cause permanent damage.
To begin, genetically modified sugar beets are unhealthy because in the process of genetic engineering, agricultural scientists use radiation and harmful chemicals to prevent gene mutations in the product. Since the beets are modified, chemicals found in weed killers such as glyphosate are able to be sprayed on sugar beets. This is because they were changed genetically to be able to resist the harsh chemicals. Although, as stated by John Moody, a Real Food activist, glyphosate never goes away and doesn’t just disappear, but ends up in the beets. Additionally, another reason why beet roots may be dangerous to eat is because this chemical, and along with many others, can contribute to the cause of many life changing side effects that

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