Pros And Cons Of Genetically Modified Farming

The genetically modified corn, also known as BT corn has been washing into rivers and Streams and is producing byproducts and other harmful things. The BT corn was mainly planted to kill off some of the Corn Borer bugs, but in the process, it also started to kill Caddisfly’s. It started to kill them because it got clogged in the rivers and either polluted it or it destroyed the eggs. The adult Caddisfly’s died from eating the GT corn pollen that had a lot of different kinds of bug poisons. The Gt corn was later removed and tested for thoughts on better use and safety in the future.

A GMO is a genetically modified organism that goes through the process of genetic engineering. This is when genes of one organism are extracted, altered, and then artificially placed into another organism to then grow. We typically see GMOs in the food we consume every day. These foods include fruits and vegetables, however the most common organisms that are genetically engineered include, corn, soy, and cotton. It is ultimately the unnatural cross breeding of plants, animals, bacteria, and virus genes (Non-GMO Project). But now why is there a debate for placing a label to notify consumers of GMOs in their foods? Do we know the potential harm that GMOs can cause? We have the right to know what we are putting into our bodies and what is found in our everyday foods.

Many will argue that Genetically Modified Organisms(GMOs) are not safe for human consumption, however they are almost inevitable for our everyday food consumption. Some argue that the recent increase in gluten intolerance is caused by GMO foods (Argument against). Other state that the risk to humans by GMO’s is relatively small (The GMO”). The bottom line is what people put into their bodies is a personal choice and a person should be able to easily tell if a product has been genetically modified or not.

The aim of this survey was to see the general views that the public has about

Over seventy-five percent of the foods that are buy in grocery stores contain a genetically modified ingredient. Humans have been domesticating plants ever since 11,000 BCE. Scientists have been breeding plants together with traits that are considered beneficial to humans and trying to intensify the traits that help humans survive. By altering the genetic structure directly, scientists can efficiently give it specific traits in a more controlled environment and avoid the hit or miss aspect of naturally breeding the plants. By modifying the crops on a genetic level, scientists can engineer the crops and give it more precise traits. This topic is controversial among the scientific community, like with all the other topics relating to

In the Los Angeles city their many people that don't know what their food contains and what they are consuming.The kenish family has discovered that the food their children have been consuming contains GMOs. They were confused and didn't know what to do with what the doctor was telling them about Genetically Modified Organism. As a result the Kenish were fuming that their child was suffering because they weren't warmed about GMOs.However, the child already had a serious damage in his organs and unfortunately the doctors couldn't treat the organ because the GMOs had already developed and was penetrated in his organ.Therefore child couldn’t survive and he died.People in the city are sure that every fruit and vegetable they consume its organic,

Have you ever heard of Genetically Modified Organisms? If you have you would know that Genetically Modified Organisms are Chemicals put into foods, and animals to change their genes. If you didn’t then you now know!

What is a GMO? A GMO is a genetically modified organism. This means that we took a look at the DNA of an organism and took some out and replaced it with a strand from another organism to make that organism resistant to things like diseases or change the plant, animal, or bacterias product. There is also a process called selective breeding which is where we will breed animals with certain traits to other organisms with the same trait, hoping that their offspring will carry the same trait. I do not think that genetically modifying organisms is the right thing to do, I think that selective breeding is a healthy alternative compared to GMO’s.

Genetically modified organisms, GMOs for short, are becoming more popular in food around the world. Scientists take genes from some different organisms to add different qualities to specific crops, like corn. With that, however, comes many unfaced challenges like the cross fertilization of natural and modified organisms, resistence to pesticides, and health complications, to name a few. As GMOs are becoming more widespread, it is also becoming more evident that their presence is hazardous and they should be phased out of our food system.

Even though there are a lot of pros for genetically modified food there are some cons is well. One of the problems are allergies. Food allergies are a growing problem in the United States. According to The CDC” food allergies and children under 18 years of age have increased from 3.4% between 1997 and 1999 to 5.1% between 2009 and 2011.” Leave that Spike is a link to genetically modified foods. There is no evidence that this is true but studies at Harvard University saw that “GM foods in general are most likely to trigger allergic reactions other than non-GM

People oppose the use of any genetically modified crops because they are harmful and unatural. According to Northwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering, Genetic engineering can make foods that were once safe to eat a threat to people with allergies. Because this process is unpredictable, new substances can develop in engineered foods. The FDA knows this and does some testing, but there are no guarantees. Besides the new allergies, inserting genes into plants and animals can cause existing genes to react in unknown ways, including reduced nutritional values and changes in organism quality. Some people argue that they do not want their food treated, they want natural food! Another thing that they are saying is that by engineering plants

If you want to spark a heated debate at a dinner party, bring up the topic of genetically modified foods. For many people, the concept of genetically altered, high-tech crop production raises all kinds of environmental, health, safety and ethical questions. Particularly in countries with long agrarian traditions--and vocal green lobbies--the idea seems against nature.

As the spread of commercialized genetically modified foods (GMF) products rise, the number of people exposed to genetically modified foods incline globally. The term genetically modified foods can be used interchangeably with transgenic foods, genetically engineered crops (GE) and Recombinant DNA technology and therefore defined as the enhancement of foods in which a gene of interest from one organism is extracted and inserted into the target organisms. (1) The genes of interest may be cells from bacteria, insects, animals, plants or viruses. Although the controversial idea seems fairly new genetically engineered crops were introduced as early as the 90s without the knowledge of most consumers. The United States leads as the top producer

For many years, the environmental community has had strong feelings about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and/or genetically modified (GM) crops. Those in agriculture biotechnology also have very passionate emotions about GM crops as well. The environmental community, typically against, and the agriculture biotechnology field, typically for GM crops make the topic very polarizing. The environmental field have reasonable concerns about herbicide and insect resistant GM crops. These concerns include the possibility of evolutionary resistance in non-target organisms, and the flow of genes from GM crops to wild species. On the other hand, the agriculture biotechnology field have logical reasons to support herbicide and

The majority of opposition comes from social advocacy groups such as the Institute for Responsible Technology, led by Jeffrey Smith. The opposition usually couples their self-determined negatives of GMOs along with the need to label genetically modified food products. The main claim of most opposition groups is that GMOs are terrible for a variety of reasons and should be forced to be labeled so that consumers know what they are buying and feeding their families. A popular supporting reason of such a main claim that social activists use is that GMOs are unhealthy and lead to organ damage, immune system disorders, and infertility among other dangers. (Institute for Responsible Technology) Smith makes the argument that large agencies such as The American Academy of Environmental Medicine urge “doctors to prescribe non-GMO diets for all patients.” Smith also states that health problems increase with GMO usage: “the percentage of Americans with three or more chronic illnesses jumped from 7% to 13% in just 9 years” and that transgenes in GM foods can transfer into our own DNA. Toxic transgene insecticides found in GM corn were also “found in the blood of pregnant women and their unborn fetuses.” (The Institute for Responsible Technology) Another reason Smith gives for the danger of GMOs is that they increase the use of harmful herbicides. GMO plants are designed to be “herbicide tolerant” so that they can be used in conjunction with deadly herbicides. “Between 1996 and 2008, US