GMO
Rhiannon DeRoySchneider Mrs. Scott
AP Biology
23 February 2015 Genetically modified foods, or GMO's, are living organisms that get their genetic material artificially altered in a laboratory. Everyday Americans consume GMO's, and the majority of the time they have no idea that what they are eating contains GMO's, or even what a GMO is.
GMO's can be found in soda, milk, canned soups, frozen foods, and even baby formula.
GMO's have had many positive and negative impacts on both humans and the environment.
GMO's were originally supposed to only have a positive impact, but with every single positive thing there are negative setbacks. Genetically modified foods and crops have many benefits. One of the most extraordinary benefits is that the GMOs can make crops that were going into drought, flourish and become huge crops again and eventually increase the population of food. Another benefit of GMOs is that they reduce the need for herbicides and pesticides. In time, the reduction of these chemicals produce less greenhouse emissions and we are saving the planet. Genetically modified foods can also make certain plants into medicines that are needed for treatment of a sudden disease. GMOs also can make a food's nutritional value increase drastically. Genetically modified foods have many negative attributes as well. One of the biggest negative impacts is that the GMOs are said to create many health problems, one being food allergies. Genetically modified foods lead to the creation of things called "superweeds" and
"super bugs" which can only be killed off by a chemical that is extremely toxic. GMOs produce many violations to farmers and consumer rights. I believe that GMOs are both negative and positive. I think that genetically modified food's create a positive impact because we have more people living on earth today than we ever had before and we need to be able to provide food for every single person. Having
AP Biology
23 February 2015 Genetically modified foods, or GMO's, are living organisms that get their genetic material artificially altered in a laboratory. Everyday Americans consume GMO's, and the majority of the time they have no idea that what they are eating contains GMO's, or even what a GMO is.
GMO's can be found in soda, milk, canned soups, frozen foods, and even baby formula.
GMO's have had many positive and negative impacts on both humans and the environment.
GMO's were originally supposed to only have a positive impact, but with every single positive thing there are negative setbacks. Genetically modified foods and crops have many benefits. One of the most extraordinary benefits is that the GMOs can make crops that were going into drought, flourish and become huge crops again and eventually increase the population of food. Another benefit of GMOs is that they reduce the need for herbicides and pesticides. In time, the reduction of these chemicals produce less greenhouse emissions and we are saving the planet. Genetically modified foods can also make certain plants into medicines that are needed for treatment of a sudden disease. GMOs also can make a food's nutritional value increase drastically. Genetically modified foods have many negative attributes as well. One of the biggest negative impacts is that the GMOs are said to create many health problems, one being food allergies. Genetically modified foods lead to the creation of things called "superweeds" and
"super bugs" which can only be killed off by a chemical that is extremely toxic. GMOs produce many violations to farmers and consumer rights. I believe that GMOs are both negative and positive. I think that genetically modified food's create a positive impact because we have more people living on earth today than we ever had before and we need to be able to provide food for every single person. Having