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Gmo Persuasive Essay

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As you bite down into a big juicy hamburger that has tomatoes, onions, pickles, and ketchup on it you are eating food that has been genetically modified, GM, or also called GMO (Genetically modified organisms). “GMOs is the manipulation of DNA by humans to change the essential make up of plants and animals” (Mather 410). “GMOs have been introduced to improve food production” (Amofah 117). “The United Nations projects that world population will increase by 25% to 7.5 billion by 2020” (Amofah117). So, the intentions are to increase food supply to make up for the population number. The creation of GMOs is so food can withstand cold temperatures, pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides. Some of the concerns that come with having GMOs in our food supply are health, environmental health, and water pollution. …show more content…

This not being the only health concern GMO gives, there are many others like Amofah states in his article “increasing trends in organ disease and GMOs use have been observed. There is some correlation between organ disease, increasing GMO in the food supply and glyphosate herbal application with possibility of endocrine disruption. Some issues or illnesses that can occur are Thyroid cancer, liver, and intra hepatic bile duct cancer, and hypertension. . .” (Mather

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