GMOs: What’s the Big Deal? Manipulation of plants and animals to produce more desirable traits is certainly nothing new. In fact‚ the process of plant and animal breeding has been around almost since the time that humans evolved from hunting and gathering to farming. Animal breeders breed one type of dog‚ for example‚ with another‚ to combine the desired traits of both‚ and the results are called “cross-breeds”. Plant breeders cross one type of plant that may be high yielding but not drought
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banned Genetically Modified Organisms(GMO) ‚ including more than half of Europe. In the United States‚ there is a battle going on over the subject of labeling GMO’s. labeling GMOs is not the best option for the country’s economy or the people of this country because consumer’s lack of understanding of what a GMO really is. Though GMOs are universally attached to a negative connotation‚ there few people who actually know the effects and even the definition of a GMO. According to FooDs survey done by
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GMOs or genetically modified organisms have been a controversial term since the middle 1990s when the FDA approved the papaya to be genetically altered to save it from a worldwide virus leading to its demise. The rash and uneducated decision to save the papaya came without any form of long term effects to the delicate balance of our eco-system and populous. The problem with genetically modified foods is the potential unknown and the long term affects they very well potentially could propose.
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GMO crops face a lot of criticism‚ but the facts are that they are more environmentally friendly than traditional crops‚ they have higher and more stable yields than traditional crops‚ and are safe to consume. Some critics claim that GMO crops are unsafe and offer no significant advantages over traditional ones. This however‚ is not true. GMO crops are as safe as and more effective than traditional crops in every way. GMO crops are identical to traditional crops except‚ the GMOs have had a small
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beginning to dive into‚ Because of the severity of tampering with the genetic makeup of nature‚ we must bring to attention the question: To what extent is it ethical to continue the use of GMOs for the betterment of society‚ and the progression of the human race considering the risks?
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In recent history‚ many people have become wary of the infamous genetically modified organisms (GMOs)‚ which are commonly found in many foods and products‚ from corn to cotton. However‚ there are a series of documented dangers associated with GMOs and they have caused a divide between those who support GMOs and hope to reassure the consumer that GMO’s are safe‚ versus those who oppose GMOs and promote the removal of them from their favorite products. Despite strong arguments from both sides‚ there
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GMOs Friends? Or Foes? When shoppers are shopping in the grocery store they normally just grab and go‚ no longer does the American society look at the ingredients‚ however‚ what the average American doesn’t realize is what is in their food. GMOs or known as genetically modified organisms‚ in plain English this is saying that they are recreating (cloning) our foods that this society and many others eat without knowing it. GMOs don’t make sense. Some may say that‚ “What is the difference
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modified organism‚ or GMO. Scientists design GMOs to increase crop yields by making new plants resistant to biological diseases‚ last longer‚ and
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I would like to begin my essay by telling the story of the Golden Rice GMO. “Right now‚ across the world‚ a quarter of a billion preschool-age children are suffering from vitamin A deficiency. Every year‚ 250‚000 to 500‚000 of these kids go blind. Within a year‚ half of the blinded children will die. Much of the affliction is in Southeast Asia‚ where people rely on rice for their nutrition. Rice doesn’t have enough beta carotene—the compound that‚ when digested‚ produces vitamin A. About twenty-five
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aren’t provided enough for the malnourished‚ third world countries‚ can we really say that the creation of GMOs are living up to what Monsanto is telling us? One of the main defenses for GMOs is to help out third world countries; places where starvation and malnutrition hit the hardest. An article for Times magazine titled Grains of Hope illustrates all the excitement and hope that GMOs will solve world hunger. Reporting that the new GM strain in rice creates a new species of rice called Golden
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