Although the risks of GMOs are still unknown as they are still too “new‚” there have been arguments that GMOs can cause health problems as they could introduce hazardous proteins into the food chain. However‚ biotech companies have performed “extensive” tests for allergy and toxicity with the FDA. Another rising concern is the resistance of genetically modified crops to pesticides. However‚ this issue can simply be solved by rotating crops. Cross pollinating between GMOs and organic plants are also
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believe that GMOs do not provide enough nutrients and “good stuff”‚ therefore they believe that many people consuming GMOs are in danger. Others say that GMOs can fix world hunger because they can produce hundreds of GM foods at a time. My side is to believe that GMO shouldn’t be used to solve the problem of world hunger. What exactly are GMOs? Genetically modified foods are organisms manipulated in a laboratory setting‚ so their genetic make-up can be modified. Many supporters choose GMOs to prevent
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GMO IN Food and Agriculture Genetically Modified foods are produced using genetically engineering techniques. These techniques are used to ‘inactivate’ or add specific DNA traits of a certain organism to the other in order to improve it. These traits consist of increasing resistance against herbicides and pest‚ cold‚ and drought tolerance. In 1946‚ scientist discovered that DNA of organisms could be transferred between each other. The first plant that was GM was a tobacco plant in 1983. By 1994-95
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Ever since GMO’s also referred to genetically modified have been introduced there has been surrounding it‚ yet little do you know most fruits and foods you eat are gmos or have them in them. beginning my argument Gmos can be used to creating larger fruits so they can be sent to places that people suffer starvation in seeds that do not perish. (malnutrition‚ starvation‚ unfit terrain) The seeds can produce a larger harvest than is normally grown ‚ this can help starvation numbers decrease. Also
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more crops out of the same amount of farm ground to help with our rising population. Genetically modified seed is not dangerous and should not be regulated According to the GMO industry‚ there are many good reasons to use GMOs: Reduced need for herbicides Reduced need of pesticides Reduced greenhouse emissions as GMOs require less tillage or plowing‚ thus less use of fossil fuels Ability to manipulate foods to increase desirable components such as nutrients Increased production of food for
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Genetically –modified food of persuasion Specific Purpose: To persuade our audience that genetically modified foods are not safe for consumption. Central Idea: Genetically modified foods may bring a new allergen that we may not be prepared to treat. We put more synthetic toxins into our bodies. I. Introduction A. (Attention Getter) Soon‚ kids may actually have a good reason not to eat vegetables. Genetically modified foods‚ vegetables and fruits‚ “Frankedfoods”‚ are making their way from
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Class C Speech 9-7-16 GMO FRIEND OR FOE Remember the good old days when your food would come straight from the local farm and you would know exactly what it was you were eating. No questions or second thought of “is this a healthy meal?” Back in those days you Wouldn’t have to go to a grocery store and struggle to find organic or GMO free food. So what is a GMO? A GMO or genetically modified organism is a form of gene tampering or manipulation commonly used in produce. GMOS were first created in
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food insecurity problems affecting the world populations. Global commercialization of GM foods have been on increase with crops being produced on 282.4 million acres between 1994 and 2007 (Batisa‚ R and Oliveira M‚ M 2009). Despite this sustained growth of GM crops there have been concerns and controversies surrounding the use and consumption of GM foods and more fundamentally the social issue of acceptance of GM foods by people. This paper seeks to discuss the benefits and risks of the genetically
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performed by my partners and I is a study done in Brazil to better detect for GMO within their foods sold in markets a other places (Cardarelli‚ Branquinho‚ Ferreria‚ da Cruz and Gemmule‚ 2005). These articles show how GMO within foods are present all over the world. The reason my fellow group members and
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Genetically modified food is based on using biotechnology to manipulate the food’s genetic code. GMO‚ which refers to ‘Genetically Modified Organisms’‚ are considered to be an innovation since it is way much faster to produce food‚ using GMO‚ and thus it may be the big solution for World Hunger. But are them safe for us? Do they present harm for the environment? GMO are very criticized. Despite the benefits of GMO‚ there are many opposing views. Genetically Modified Organisms shouldn’t be used since they
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