Genetically Modified Organisms Research Paper Essay Example
GMOs Causing More Harm than Good
Gregory T. Hedge
Com150
May 12, 2013
Luberta M. Bigg
Abstract
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GMOs Causing More Harm than Good
A statement was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the early 1990’s that advised consumers that there had been no danger associated with consuming foods containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) therefore no “safety” studies were necessary. The FDA furthermore made the ruling that the labeling of GMO foods was not mandatory in the year 2000. In 1992 a lawsuit against the BIOTECH community released 44,000 secret internal memos into the public domain showing that not only where GMOs dangerous, they were less nutritious than non-GMO food, they had been linked to allergies, toxins, new diseases and more importantly, that the genetic gene used in the Genetic Engineering (GE) of the chemical makeup of the organism (or in this instance crops) had been found and reproducing itself inside of us. New meaning is being brought to the phrase, “We are what we eat!”
What is a Genetically Modified Organism?
A Genetically Modified Organism, or GMO, is where Biotechnology, or Genetic Engineering (GE) is used to force genes from one species; for example humans, bacteria, viruses, or animals, into the DNA of a food crop or animal to create a new trait. This forcible combination of DNA, or DNA splicing between the normal species barriers (that essentially would not have mated in the first place) are creating new organisms that had not been originally apart of the evolutionary process. For example, scientists had put the spider gene into goats with the hopes that the milk produced from the goats would contain the spider web gene and would be able to be used in the production of bullet proof vests. The human gene had been put into corn to produce spermicide and the cow gene into pigs with the hopes of producing a cow hide on a pig. However, what you may not have known about was the combination of the cow gene
Gregory T. Hedge
Com150
May 12, 2013
Luberta M. Bigg
Abstract
(Add Abstract here)
GMOs Causing More Harm than Good
A statement was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the early 1990’s that advised consumers that there had been no danger associated with consuming foods containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) therefore no “safety” studies were necessary. The FDA furthermore made the ruling that the labeling of GMO foods was not mandatory in the year 2000. In 1992 a lawsuit against the BIOTECH community released 44,000 secret internal memos into the public domain showing that not only where GMOs dangerous, they were less nutritious than non-GMO food, they had been linked to allergies, toxins, new diseases and more importantly, that the genetic gene used in the Genetic Engineering (GE) of the chemical makeup of the organism (or in this instance crops) had been found and reproducing itself inside of us. New meaning is being brought to the phrase, “We are what we eat!”
What is a Genetically Modified Organism?
A Genetically Modified Organism, or GMO, is where Biotechnology, or Genetic Engineering (GE) is used to force genes from one species; for example humans, bacteria, viruses, or animals, into the DNA of a food crop or animal to create a new trait. This forcible combination of DNA, or DNA splicing between the normal species barriers (that essentially would not have mated in the first place) are creating new organisms that had not been originally apart of the evolutionary process. For example, scientists had put the spider gene into goats with the hopes that the milk produced from the goats would contain the spider web gene and would be able to be used in the production of bullet proof vests. The human gene had been put into corn to produce spermicide and the cow gene into pigs with the hopes of producing a cow hide on a pig. However, what you may not have known about was the combination of the cow gene