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What Is Gmo's?

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In todays society, people are more concerned about what they put into their body. They eat healthy and maintain a stable diet, but unknown to a number of these people is their food may have been tampered with in the form of Genetically Modified Organisms or, for short, GMO's. Genetically Modified Organisms are plants or animals whose DNA has been altered to favor a certain characteristic or trait which is already in the DNA. This includes enhancing the DNA in plants to make them bigger, invincible to pests, or invincible towards weeds. Although, the reason why GMO's are a controversial topic is because of lack of knowledge. Genetically Modified Organisms are risky and potentially to dangerous to be handling because of the unknown side effects …show more content…

The obvious argument here is those of who do not agree with animal testing will agree that we should not allow GMO's because it requires animal testing. Animal testing is bad in general because of the affects it can have on the animal, but there is a certain ethical guidelines as to what animal testing can do. Although in a documentary called Food, Inc. there is a different story to be told. In the film they showed thousands of chickens, who were genetically modified, in depriving conditions. The chickens were kept in a big barn with no light and little standing room. Not only were they kept in these conditions, but the chickens were so fat they could not stand on their own two feet. Imagine living a life not being able to stand, not seeing life, and living in a over crowded barn. It is not a very humane thing to do to those animals. Another point to make is that GMO's can kill animals as well. In the same fields which Bt cotton was studied in India it was discovered, "Farmers in India, who let their sheep graze on Bt cotton plants after the harvest, saw thousands of sheep die" (p. 3). Imagine shock to find after the harvest of a plant it killed thousands of animals. The plant could potentially harm humans too just like it killed all of

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