Gmos Effects

GMOs are genetically modified organisms whose genetic material has been manipulated in laboratories (Paturel, 2014). This creates unstable combinations of plant, animal, and bacterial genes that does not occur in nature or through crossbreeding. GMOs have become part of our life and people are unaware of the effects that’s caused by GMOs. In North America, eighty percent of the food we eat contains GMOs and a plethora of people have no idea of what they are putting into their own bodies. GMOs are not only harmful to the environment we live in but also has detrimental effects on us humans, therefore they should be banned in America. Even though GMOs reduce the cost of certain products, that doesn’t mean it is healthier or better for the consumer. GMOs are silently affecting the consumer’s health and destroying the environment. While the wealthy businessmen in charge of GMOs make a fortune with GMOs, it’s our great nation that is crumbling and suffering.

GMOs are awful for your well being, are very harmful to the environment and the animals that live in the wild, and they are harmful to the future of society. While some may say that GMOs are helping the earth by fixing world hunger this is not true, GMOs are doing more harm than good in our society. Imagine what will happen if we continue to eat these foods without knowing it, they will continue to harm our body and the earth in the future. The real question is, will there be a

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

GMOs harm the environment because some of the animals in the wild use the genetically modified food. They would die of starvation or they would get sick because of all the chemicals mixed in with crop or food produced. The people producing the gmo foods would ruin the food chain because the animals would have to adapt to eating other foods or would die of starvation. They can harm the food for birds and other animals. Gmo foods use more chemical pesticides and herbicides. Bees produce honey for us and if the bees were to pollinate gmo flowers they could die because of all the pesticides inside of the flower. Having gmos means less weed flowers or normal flowers in general and by knowing we would have less flowers means less nectar would be

The main proponent to use gmos was to increase food production to feed the world's impoverished and to use less pesticides in farming. Gmos have not achieved any of its goals as world hungry still exist and pesticide use continues to be used at the same rate. The heavy use of pesticides is not good for the earth people or other life forms that come into contact with them. They are polluting our water and land and if we continue to use them heavily we will make our land infertile. Just off of these facts I believe the use of gmos should be reduced as we are fighting fire with fire. You can't help feed people of today by poisoning the land and water for the people of tomorrow it is an inefficient and illogical

While these are valid concerns, they are entirely wrong. According to the World Health Organization in 2005, “GM foods currently traded on the international market have passed risk assessments in several countries and are not likely to present risks for human health” (Novella). Many of those who are anti-GMO claim that GMOs are not safe because they do not know enough about them or they have heard far too many conflicting reports. While there are many reports that claim that GMOs are detrimental to the environment, the three agencies that oversee GM crops, the FDA, USDA, and EDA, have ruled that these crops do not pose any real threat. Since the beginning of the GM crop in 1996, there have been 2,497 approvals of the safety of GMOs in the environment and 1,129 of these approvals have been for the food safety of the products (Monsanto). This further disproves the claim that GMOs are unsafe for humans and the environment and reassures that there is no risk involved in either the consumption or the planting of GM

GMOs are here to save the world. That may sound like a bold statement, but that’s the reality. The reality of the world that we live in now is that the human race needs GMOs. We as humans need a way to feed the populations in the world. We need a way to get medicines to the people who need them the most. There is great work being done to help the development of GMOs that can be used to help starving people and those who are dying of common diseases that other countries have already “wiped out”, and to not share that, is absolutely irresponsible as a nation. We live in a technology based system, and with that technology we are learning and adapting that technology to better help the human race.

GMO's are simply an addition to the long list of alterations made to the balance of nature. At its surface, GMO's seem to represent food as it's meant to look ripe, shiny, and never corrupted by pests, and these claims aren't wrong. GMO's bring a variety of benefits to the table. They increase resistance to cold, protect from select pests, and can even be used to transfer vital nutrients to other organisms. Various regions, such as Eastern Asia, have greatly benefitted from the use of GMO's, as prominent food, such as rice, lack nutrients necessary for growth and survival. GMO's have also helped farmers grow crops with more ease and less expense. However, these GMO's pack a price. Genes can be transferred to unintended targets, and pests who grow resistant to these GMO's may breed, causing an epidemic. Moreover, scientists believe that the

There is a problem within the world of GMOs. The problem lies in the negative public relation between GMO food producers/sellers and the public/consumers. There is a negative public relation due to the lack of education and information on GMO foods going out. There has been little to no effort in educating the public as to why they believe GMO foods cause no harm. A GMO food is any edible food who’s DNA has been modified by scientists. There are many ethical and environmental problems that accompany GMO foods but GMO producers/sellers say that the benefits greatly outweigh the problems. If there was an active effort to educate the general public on GMOs then maybe the producers/sellers could be able to take away the negative image that has been associated with GMO foods. If educated the GMO foods can become more advertised and accepted worldwide. This study aims to test whether or not educating individuals on GMO foods will sway or strengthen their opinion on GMO foods.

Others think that GMO’s are not the answer to ending world hunger. According to a study in Melbourne, Australia by John Brumby, “ There is irrefutable evidence that GM foods are unsafe to eat. Working with more than 30 scientists worldwide, I documented 65 health risks of GM foods. There are thousands of toxic or allergic-type reactions in humans, thousands of sick, sterile and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ and system studied in laboratory animals” (Eating GM foods is a Health risk). He talks about how GMOs are somewhat not safe for human consumption. John Brumby also states in his work that, “GM corn and cotton have genes inserted that produce a pesticide called Bt. If the gene transferred from corn snacks, for example, it could turn our intestinal flora into living pesticide factories. Farmers on three continents link Bt corn varieties with sterility in pigs and cows, or deaths among cows, horses, water buffaloes and chickens” (Eating GM foods is a Health risk). This also means that GMOs are infectious to crops, and that it can have a very negative effect on our bodies, that we might not know

Whether GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, should be distributed as a global food supply is a major controversial topic debated amongst many around the world. Like with any debate topic there is always pros and cons and whether the pros outweigh the cons or vice versa is what leads to many peoples conclusion to what they believe. GMOs, “is the result of a laboratory process where genes from the DNA of one species are extracted and artificially forced into the genes of an unrelated plant or animal. The foreign genes may come from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals or even humans.” (IRT). Thus, it is not a natural occurrence by Mother Nature. We learn in the documentary, GMO OMG, that 86% of processed foods have GMOs. However, with GMOs being so popular around the world

Personally, I believe GMOs have never been a problem. They are necessary to sustainably feed the growing population and there is no proof of any harmful effects. Furthermore, GMOs cost less than organic foods which allows for individuals to purchase more food which in turn can lead to a more nutrient diverse diet.

Imagine a world where crops are genetically modified using genes from another organism. GMOs are dangerous to be placed in crops that other countries banned it. GMOs affect the body in many ways. Farmers uses GMOs to speed up farming time and spend less money for other products to assist in farming. By examining the dangers of why countries banned GMO, how GMOs affect the body, and farmers use it as a cheap way to farm, it is clear that GMO has a negative affect on our crops.

Direct effects can limit the surrounding environment's ability to function correctly and alter the overall relationships between organisms. Insects and animals that typically forage on non-GMO crops must rely on other types of nutrients, causing a shift in local food webs and trophic interactions (CITE). Animals living around GMO crop fields must find alternative sources of food that do not contain genetically modified genes. This causes a shift in local food webs and puts stress on the naturally occurring trophic cascades. Crops are also typically nonnative plants that have no close wild relatives, which makes it hard for natural gene flow to occur (Williamson 1992). Plants that naturally breed are hindered by the unnatural presence of GMO

A main reason that many people believe is the reason why GMOs exists is because they increase the yield. However, according to the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development report which is authored by more than 400 scientists yields actually declined. Also, “ They determined that the current GMOs have nothing to offer the goals of reducing hunger and poverty, improving nutrition, health and rural livelihoods, and facilitating social and environmental sustainability. On the contrary, GMOs divert money and resources that would otherwise be spent on more safe, reliable, and appropriate technologies.” These facts are what scare me. People believe that GMOs are making life easier because they allow for a higher yield and therefore feeding more people however this is not