Persuasive Essay : Genetically Engineered Foods

First and foremost, food is genetically modified. The Non GMO project defines a GMO as, “[A] genetically modified organism, is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic technology. (What is GMO).” On the contrary, a genetically modified food’s genetic composition varies from its naturally occurring counterpart, because it has been engineered to to be a certain way, rather than it doing what it naturally does. Learn Genetics

“When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.” – Ursula K. Le Guin. No matter what good some people believe they are doing, everything seems to come with a consequence, and the question is whether or not the good overpowers the bad. Many experts argue that Genetically Modified foods are actually beneficial to, not only people, but animals, plants, and the world overall. Some experts even state that, not only are they beneficial, but that they also protect the environment and aid food productivity. Most farmers actually recommend GMO’s because they are easier to grow, maintain, and tend to be more profitable; however, countless other experts have come to realize that GMO foods are untested, unsafe, and unhealthy. Studies indicate that

I am writing to address your article Canada won’t be following U.S. in labelling GMO food products, as I feel you did not address why Canada should be following the U.S. by legally requiring genetically modified foods (GMFs) to be labelled on food products.

Have you ever devoured one of Minnesota's famous honeycrisp apples? Every single one of them is a clone, made with genetic engineering. Across the world, genetic engineering has been an ongoing controversial topic. People have different respectable perspectives on how their feel, but problems arise when newly accumulated scientific information is presented and not everyone is informed. New factual information and tests are being performed and presented daily, but expecting everyone to know about all of it would be absurd. Since this technology is still relatively new, some of the side effects are still unknown. But despite the potential risks, genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are actually very advantageous to our world in a variety

Genetically modified foods have been linked to sick, sterile, and dead livestock when tested on lan animals it damaged every organ in the animal. GMO stands for genetically modified organism. This organism is almost the same to its natural counterpart, but its DNA has been mixed with a bacteria of some sort to create a new crop with natural pesticide. While it may be the answer to feed the world, GMOs are destroying humanity because that GMOs produce is harming all types of other living organisms, may create a new virus, bacteria or bug that is immune to pesticide, and they can cause cancer and tumors.

Around seventy percent of the United State’s processed foods contain genetically modified ingredients. A GMO is an organism, whose DNA has been altered by adding another organism’s DNA to create a certain trait, such as corn that kills bugs. With genetically modified foods, feeding the hungry will be easier, along with farmers being able to produce more crops. The US should allow the production and selling of more genetically modified organisms.

“Today we use the term ‘genetically modified’ to refer to food produced from plants or animals which have had their genes changed by scientists in the laboratory rather than farmers in the field,” said by Nick Middleton (51). Genetically modified foods have become a hot topic in the world. People have still not been able to label it as a “Frankenstein food or a weapon against starvation” (Middleton 51). Genetically modified foods should be allowed for public consumption because it helps deal with the issue of world hunger, it improves overall quality of food, and it helps the environment.

In the past few years, society has been made more aware of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Because of this, GMOs are being replaced in diets with more natural and organic options. GMOs have been researched and found to cause adverse effects on human health because of the gene splicing, or genetic alterations that are done to create them through genetic engineering. Before this issue became an issue, many people were eating processed and even healthy foods without understanding what chemicals and toxins they were actually putting into their bodies. GMOs are infused into food without awareness because one never really understands what all those unpronounceable words, label GMOs, really are. Due to recent research, it has been found that genetically modified organisms are harmful and can lead to increased risks of disease and cancer.

A warm summer morning, the smell of muggy air is still coming through the crease of the window that was left open last night. Mom has just bought a new box of frosted flakes from the store last night. Excitedly getting ready for the morning it’s the only thing on your mind. I’m sure many people would think a lot differently about the start to their morning if they knew what Kellogg’s was really putting in that tasty morning snack. This is a problem with our disappointing label laws across the United States. GMO’s in our nations products should have to be labeled, we deserve to know what we are eating.

As genetically modified foods become more commonly used, it is important to consider potential drawbacks of biotechnology. For instance, as the technology is relatively new, long-term effects are still unknown. People may develop allergies to these modified organisms, or modified organisms mat introduce new toxins into the environment. Most scientific organizations say that genetically modified foods are safe, but some people are concerned that the long-term effects are still unknown. In this essay, I will argue against the use of genetically modified foods.

    Humans have been intentionally changing the genetic properties of animals and plants for centuries, through all the standard breeding techniques of the use of radiation and chemicals to create random mutations, some of them turn out to be useful, for example Genetic Modified (GM) Foods. What is Genetically Modified (GM) Foods? GM foods are foods that are derived from organisms that have been genetically engineered. Also they are called genetically engineered (GE) or transgenic crop that are generally made of a genetic marker. GMO have a very long history. In fact, they have been around for thousands of years. So perhaps the conflict over their safety shouldn't be about whether they are safe for humans to consume, but rather how they will impact long term.Even though Genetically Modified Foods (GMF) would increase food costs, these can improve yields for farmers, provide nutritional benefits,and help to alleviate the increasing global population of third world countries.

Companies and researchers alternate the genetic structure of crops to withstand pesticides, non-GM weeds and insects can gradually develop a resistance to the chemicals. At this point farmers actually have to increase their use of pesticides. These practice causes weed populations to adapt to the herbicide and eventually become resistant to it. Once these superweeds emerge farmers must find a new herbicides and more potent products.

Another threat to crop growth is herbicides, this is because it is sometimes more conventional for a farmer to use them for weed control versus hand picking weeds (Whitman, Deborah, 2000). Through genetic engineering, scientists can develop crops that are herbicide resistant allowing farmers to use herbicides to kill weeds and not damage the crops they are trying to grow (Whitman, Deborah, 2000). This not only prevents crop loss due to herbicides, but it also reduces the amount of herbicides that are needed which benefits the environment due to less agricultural waste being generated (Whitman, Deborah, 2000). This is also beneficial economically because the farmer has less production costs and these savings can also be passed down to the consumer (Whitman, Deborah, 2000).

People should fully understand what GMO foods can do for the world and how it can save people instead of killing people. I support genetically modified food because, they can support the population of countries. Some people think that GMOs are unsafe and shouldn't be distributed across the country, but because of the modifications, they are more resilient to bugs eating them, which means more food for us, and that means that we are one step closer to ending world hunger.

Related to United Nations’ official website, human population are increasing these days, which means we are going to have less food to more humans in the future (United Nations). GM-foods might be a way to solve the problem of not enough foods. In my own opinion, I think GM-foods is a solution to make our life more better in the future. However, scientists need to figure out how to make GM-foods not break the food chain and make it safe to human body.