Persuasive Speech On Gmo

Have you ever gotten sick from eating some type of food, or have you ever had some type of food that just didn’t taste as great as you wanted? How would you feel if I told you that there are some foods out there that are more nutritious, environmentally safe, and are at a high growth rate? They are genetically modified foods and while some people may say that they are bad, I’ll tell you great reasons about why they are beneficial. 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. GMOs provide nutritious foods,
For centuries crop plants and livestock have been cross-bred. Traditional plant and animal breeding techniques require that the individual species involved are the same or closely related. However the discovery of genetic engineering techniques have made it possible to introduce, delete or enhance particular traits in an organism either by inserting genes from another organism or by otherwise altering its genetic make-up. Genetically Modified Organisms are defined in EU Legislation as ‘those in which the genetic material is altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or natural recombination’. Genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) are plants or animals created in laboratories by inserting genes from one species into the DNA sequence of another, thereby producing new life forms that never existed before with specific characteristics. Nanotechnology is also increasingly being used to create new foods and food packaging by breaking matter down into microscopic nanoparticles that are just atoms wide and programming them to perform specific tasks. While these two technologies have been used in food production for decades, particularly in the US, neither has been proven