Persuasive Essay On Gmo

Gmo have been shown to harm the ecosystem,These human-made organisms can reproduce and interbreed with natural organisms, thereby spreading to new environments and future generations in an unpredictable and uncontrollable way.

In the other hand GM critics worry that transgenic crops could harm wildlife and cause lasting damage to fragile food chains. What will happen if GM farming practices wipe out weedy plants that some bird’s species rely on for survival? Or if insects that are important

We are keeping our food reliable through the use of GMOs. GMOs can provide food that can be helpful for conditions in the world. They can be manufactured to fit to threatening conditions, such as drought. They can also be used to withstand diseases that have the potential to cause famine. Blights can cost millions in damages, and with new resistance technology being tested we could save millions of dolars and millions of crops. "Blight-resistant potatoes would be one of the first major foods genetically engineered to incorporate defenses against plant diseases, which annually destroy some 15 percent of the world’s agricultural harvest." These foods can even be modified to prevent bugs from consuming or ruining a crop yield. This resistance to famine can help us become less concerned about starvation due to unfavorable conditions. The crop yield can remain the same. Those opposed to GMOs may claim that they increase pestacides and harm the environment. This is completely false. "It is a matter of fact that GM crops have drastically cut the use of such pesticides. GM cotton, containing a built in insecticide, uses 50% less chemical insecticides. In 1998 around 1000 tonnes less insecticide was used in the US cotton belt than before the introduction of GM cotton. That insecticide was mainly sprayed from planes. Only a small percentage reached its target. The rest drifted into the wider environment killing

Not only are GMOs harmful to humans they affect many other communities. “GMOs are also responsible for killing off bees, bats, butterflies, and other pollinators, whose bodies are unable to handle the onslaught of altered DNA and chemicals that are characteristic of GMO technologies”(Bensen). This shows that GMO is not only an issue for humans but it directly affects the insect and animals communities around the plants. These are living organisms that these plants need for pollination. GMOs and the pesticides used on these crops to fight off the insects and weeds is creating more powerful weeds and insects called “SuperWeeds” and “SuperBugs.” “And this built-in resistance has allowed farmers to indiscriminately spray chemicals like Roundup on their crops without worrying about killing them. But this system is now failing, as the weeds and pests targeted by GMO technologies have mutated and developed resistance to crop chemicals and Bt toxin” (Benson). These chemicals are effective for a short period of time However these chemicals become ineffective, the offspring of the insects can be immune to the chemical. This creates a need for a new and stronger chemical mix. GMO seeds and destroy the soil and kill beneficial

GMO’s stand for “genetically modified organism” (Google). They are foods that we encounter almost every day. “Although nine out of ten scientists from the American Association for the Advancement of Science say GMOs are "generally safe" to eat” (fact about GMO’s). That still doesn’t mean that they are good for us. Genetically modified foods were created with the intention to improve overall quality of life. However, they are associated with various environmental, health, and economic risks that render them to be more harmful than helpful.

Genetically modified crops are being developed to produce their own pesticide. This will bring the rapid appearance of resistant insects. Even worse, these pesticide producing plants have killed some beneficial insects and pests that many farmers use in their crops. For example, inserting a gene from a snowdrop, a perennial herb found in Europe and Asia into a potato, made the potato resistant to the green fly, but killed lady bugs that feed on green flies.

When GMO seeds where first developed, the corporations responsible for their development managed to patent them. Due to the nature of plant life and the process of pollination, it is near impossible to control when and where the genetic material of the seed is spread. This has caused many smaller farms that had not yet transitioned to the new types of GMO seeds to fall under fire by the company’s, setting in motion a trend in which farmers are being sued and forced into the use of GMO seed to continue farming. Furthermore, small farms that had attempted to maintain their independence from the modified seeds could no longer keep up with the production levels of their competitors. On the other hand, historically crops have fallen victim to many different forms of nature’s enemies. Invasion by native and foreign insect populations, and overgrowth by dominate plants or weeds are two major limiting factors in crop production. Agriculture is no stranger to this battle, it has been a push-pull relationship for as long as we can remember. Farmers and companies develop ways to control the nuisance and mother nature, through process of evolution, becomes resistant to those measures. This is not a new process and it should not be of any surprise that when GMOs are used to develop a new means to fight this ongoing battle they too will be surpassed by nature and new

Primarily, genetically engineered crops result in countless long-term, detrimental impacts on the environment. As the United States becomes increasingly dependent on such crops for a majority of its food supply, these harmful environmental impacts are becoming evident. Many GMO crops are modified to be herbicide-resistant, such as the Roundup Ready crop, which allows farmers to spray herbicides without causing damage to the plants. While the ridding of weeds increases the level of production for these farmers, their total elimination greatly interferes with the natural interdependency of the ecosystem. One impacted species includes the Monarch butterfly, as its population decline has been directly linked to the use of genetically engineered crops. The weeds being eliminated include the

GMOs protect our food from containing diseases. According to this view, animals can be engineered to require less food and grow at a faster rate. They claim that animals are also more resistant to harmful diseases that could contaminate our food. Animals are also engineered to reproduce much faster. They state GMOs can also engineer animals so that their tissues, organs, and cells can be transplanted into humans. Despite the negative contributions of pesticides, some tend to also conclude that having pesticides in our produce is an advantage. Pesticides are used to repel, kill or control animals, so why are they being used in our food? According to the EPA, pesticides are the only effective way to control disease organisms. They also help increase the amount of food in each area of land. Pesticides protect our health also by disinfecting things such as our drinking water. However, they fail to realize that GMOs and pesticides are negatively affecting animals and humans.

In 2011, more than 66 million hectares of GMO plants were grown throughout the world. These plants were “engineered to produce a bacterial toxin lethal to some insects but harmless to people,” (Carrington 1). By altering the plant’s genes, scientists were able to design the plant in a way so it could control the pest population without the need of using as many chemicals in comparison to pesticides. Therefore altering the plant’s genes proves a method for controlling pest populations because it reduces the amount of harmful chemicals that are used. Pesticide use is dangerous to the environment because of the pollution involved. Studies have found that farmers using GMO seeds use 37% less pesticides, and since “these seeds don’t need to spray as much pesticide, which means less pesticide ends up washing off the fields and into streams” (Horowitz 2). Ultimately, pesticide pollution can endanger entire ecosystems and even threaten human lives. By significantly reducing pesticide use, there would be less dangerous chemicals to threaten local environments. As well as reducing pollution, GMO replacement of pesticides helps increase populations of pest predators. Carrington states that GMOs have the “added benefit of looking after the predators that could have been killed by the pesticides” (2). By substituting GMOs for pesticides, which kill more than just the targeted pest, farmers can help

Arthur Keith once said, “the discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.” GMO products originally went up for sale around 1994. These products were not yet fully understood by the public or their inventors, yet they stayed on the market and are still on the market today. Although most companies say that these products are harmless, many studies show that these products can be harmful. I used to not know the difference between non-GMO and GMO products. Research and my family have taught me that GMO products are much different than non-GMO products. My grandfather grows much of his own food, and he helped teach me about GMOs. My father also helped teach me. My father works in an all natural non-GMO greenhouse company by the name of BrightFarms. Exploring my father's greenhouse, I met many chemists who keep the water, soil, and air in the optimal conditions for their plants. Instead of using GMOs, pesticides, or herbicides, they use natural predators to get rid of pests. They also keep natural pollinators in the greenhouse. Some of the insects my father said that he uses include “bumblebees, praying mantises, and aphidoletes.” My favorite insect that my father uses is the diglyphus which he said “lays eggs inside of caterpillars that eat tomatoes in the greenhouse.” Agriculture does not have to be done with GMOs and can be done in a completely natural way. I am against GMOs, and “today, genetic engineering techniques allow scientists to cross unlike species” (Swisher 13). Crossing these species has many bad side effects, and new side effects are still being found now. Genetically modified organism consumption should be avoided because these modifications and the pesticides used on them can cause harm to the environment, the wildlife, and the human body.

GMOs can be be toxic to non-target organisms such as bees which are extremely important for the pollination of food

Along with the possibility of GMO crops spreading and taking over other strains of the crop GMO 's can also affect different species of insects in the area potentially destroying the

Genetically Modified Organisms, GMO’s, do not occur naturally in nature; thus, they are manmade versions of plants, animals, and many other organisms. In the laboratory, DNA, from the genes of very desirable species, are extracted and are strained into the genes of different species. This process, gives scientists the best combination of genes for any species, such as: trees, plants, vegetables, crops, and animals. Scientists do this to make our world sustainable, produce more food, and many other better reasons. As we know, everything done has its negative and positive impact. Although, GMO’s do affect our economic increment, they also force us to be dependent on them for future. Dependency on human designs is not taking us towards sustainable living

One of the most important ways that GMOs hurt nature is by reproducing with non-genetically modified organisms. When GMOs reproduce with non-GMOs, the modified genes are transferred to their offspring. Because of this, more species will possess traits that the GMOs had, and create an imbalance of organisms in an environment. Scientists have done countless studies on how GMOs can spread their genes to pests. In the article, “The Precautionary Principle Applied to Deliberate Release of Genetically Modified Organisms”, the authors comment, “Novel genes in plants...might escape and be transferred to weedy relatives or other crops by [pollination]” (Myhr and Traavik 68). This quote proves that the diffusion of genes to other organisms is possible. These two authors go on to explain the effects of having GMOs in an environment. GMOs may accidentally harm an ecology by being superior to other life and by causing an imbalance of creatures (Myhr and Traavik 68). This statement shows some of the effects that GMOs can do to nature. Furthermore, when a plant is genetically modified, it is able to pollinate vast