The Negative Effects Of Genetically Modified Organisms

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Guess what? There is a new food braking surface. Sure it has a seed, but what if I told you it wasn’t a natural seed. This new seed was created in a lab, by scientists. An unnatural seed, that’s scary, created in a lab, that’s even scarier. This seed I’m writing about is known as a Genetically Modified Organism, or a GMO. For the most part, a GMO seed isn’t good for the soil. GMOs cause ‘super-weeds’ to grow, which has increased the use of herbicides tramatically. This, in turn makes GMOs very harmful to our environment. Herbicides aren’t good for the environment when used in large quantities, like GMO farmers must do. This is why I am against GMO manufacturing.

Genetically modified organism are not a rare sight in the United States. Genetically modified organism, otherwise known as GMOs, are everywhere, from our foods to our clothes. Genetically modified organism is simply any organism whose genetic material has been altered. In recent years, many people have written off GMOs as a harmful component, as supermarkets will often market their products as GMO free or non-GMO labeling. These products are often more expensive than its GMO equivalent. The United States is one of the leading countries that are producing GMOs, the European Union has decided to ban GMOs from production in their countries(Clive James ISAAA). It would be good to clear up one thing about GMOs first, GMOs are not a recent discovery.

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.

Genetic modification of living beings is a growing science and with the increase of GM products and its adoption for commercialization, there will be a need for regulatory agencies globally to analyse and permit its proper usage.

There is many different kinds of food that is not known what it is actually made from. The most common type of food that is in everyday life is a GMO. What is a GMO? A GMO (genetically modified organism) 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 because this involves the transfer of genes, GMOs are also known as “transgenic” organisms. This process may be called either Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM); they are one and the same. GMOs positively affect the lives of everyone .

The genetically modified organism has caused illnesses, and destroying our environment for several decades, and are organisms engineered to increase the food supply globally and control animal reproduction. GMOs are an important concern because they are causing illnesses in some humans and organisms. Also, the increase of GMO products will cause unemployment in the farming industry. These organisms are harming the environment, creating social competition, and causing a decline economically. Genetically Modified Organisms plays a major role environmentally, socially, and economically globally. By understanding the impact of GMOs, scientist and researchers develop a solution to control illnesses and other harmful attributes.

I am a food lover. I live to taste new food items, try new recipes, and experience the wonder of food. For me, ingredients are more than just a step in the process. Ingredients need to be of quality and need to be as fresh as possible. They are the difference between a mind altering eating experience and a boring or even distasteful meal experience. With that being said; we have now engineered food to stay more fresh, longer and offer people with food allergies the ability to have things they once could not. Genetically modified foods may even offer enhanced nutrients in foods that may not normally contain a

Blood test for 69 women in Quebec which 30 of them pregnant found pesticides associated with GM foods circulating in their bodies and their foetuses’ babies

There has been a long debate concerning the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs); whether it imposes a risk not only to our environment and to our bodies when ingested over a long period of time. GMO corporations have debated against these topics and have desperately tried to convince consumers that their products are safe when in reality they do more harm than good. A study by Dr. Oraby published through the Turkish Journal of Biology, found that albino rats on a genetically modified based diet showed significant damage to the liver, kidneys and reproductive system, and showed abnormalities in just 90 days (267).

Genetically modified organisms (GMO) are plants and animals that have been biologically engineered with the DNA of other plants, animals, bacteria, etc. Such modifications and combinations cannot occur in nature through crossbreeding or by other organic means. While GMO’s are commonplace in the vast majority of our marketplace, information and facts about them is not. Information can be found, but it must be sought out from different sources from our Government, Educational Institute’s and Non Profit Organizations. The debate over genetically engineered foods, and the disclosure of what exactly is being done to them, has become a hot button topic. From grassroots campaigns, to the upcoming presidential election,

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It is said that we are what we eat. If we eat we eat dangerous things, something will

Does one really know how harmful genetically modified foods are to living organisms, or even to the environment? In grocery stores, 70% of the processed food sold contains genetically modified soybeans and corn. Also, a large percentage of canola, sugar beets, and sugar cane are genetically modified. Without even knowing it, Americans have been consuming genetically modified ingredients that have been hidden in their food since 1996. Is it not time to do something about it? Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs, are living organisms that have had their genetic material changed artificially through genetic

Having considered the potential impacts Monsanto’s GM crops contain on biodiversity, the company also diminishes aspects of food sovereignty due to the issues that modified organisms pose on human health. Since food sovereignty is associated with allowing for individuals to have control over the way food is produced and consumed, agriculture supporting modified organisms does not allow for this because there are potential impacts that transgenic crops may cause a resistance to antibiotics. When food is genetically modified, genes are added into these crops and antibiotic resistance gene markers are among these genes that are added. (Altieri , 2004). According to Altieri (2004)” Data on the safety of these are scare despite the fact that DNA does not always fully break down in the alimentary tract. Gut bacteria can take up gene and GM plasmids, and this opens up the possibility of the spread of antibiotic resistance. (p. 30). If the gene marker of antibiotic resistance is spread to humans when they consume GM foods, this will cause serious health implications. The GM food will make the bodies of humans resistant against antibiotics and this poses a threat to individuals that need antibiotics in order to fight certain diseases in their bodies. An example of a genetically modified crop that contained an antibiotic resistance gene was a Bt corn from Novartis. The crop contained an ampicillin resistance gene, which made many European countries refuse the growth of the Novartis