Arguments Against Genetically Modified Food

(Rough Draft) Genetically Engineered Food Should people be worried about genetically engineered/modified food? Many people are starting to question what it is exactly that they are eating and how it could possibly harm them. Specifically, the harm that could befall them from GM food. A genetically modified organism is something that received one or more genes from another organism. There are three arguments that the people worried about GM food put on the table; those arguments being: GM food should be labeled, GM foods are not safe to eat, and GM crops won’t end world hunger and feed the whole world. So proponents argue that engineered food is an altogether under-experimented and risky product while opponents believe it to be completely
The population of the entire world is expected to grow to a staggering nine billion. To be able to feed all of the people in the future, GM foods are going to be a necessity. One of the goals of GM foods is that they make the best out of the least and most undesirable conditions; for example, being able to take dirty water out of a lake and use it to water a CM crop that is in dry and salty soil. However, because they are genetically modified, the government regulates them very strictly. ”A 2010 report recently published by the European Union on GMO safety research over the past 10 years concluded that GMO crops are not different from crops modified by other techniques. Yet GMO crops are the only ones regulated by governments.” So even though they are said to be safe by certified scientists, the Government still decides to limit and regulate GM food very strictly. Why do they do this? To just look better in the public eye (“Genetically Engineered Foods Are Needed To Feed The
Some scientists believe that genetically modified crops will help feed the world. However, that isn’t the case. So far, genetically engineered crops haven’t made higher crop yields like they had intended. In fact, it has been proven that organic crops produce more yields than that of GM crops. Another reason they won’t help feed the world is drought. ”And so far, the biotech industry has failed to develop high-yield or drought-tolerant GE crops.“ Genetically engineered crops were meant to help feed the world by being able to withstand drought, yet scientists still do not fully understand how to make the GM crops able to do so. What’s even more absurd is that genetically modified seeds for the crops are nearly twice the amount of regular seeds, forcing the farmers to pay a hefty amount. That, combined with the amount of pesticides the GM crops require due to their advanced resistance compared to organic food, leads to financial troubles. So while the whole GM food was based on good intentions like solving world hunger, it has thus far been unfavorable and hasn’t born any fruit (“Genetically Engineered Crops Will Not Feed The World”). So in the end, proponents argue that engineered food is an under-experimented and risky product while opponents believe it to be safe and the end of world hunger. The arguments that were proposed include: GM food should be labeled, GM food isn’t researched enough, and GM food won’t