Assignment:
Thanh Nguyen
Discussion
Nowadays, along with the development of technologies, scientists have invented a new technology for plants and foods. They called it GMO, and they introduced it with a lot of benefits. There is no doubt that GMO technology helps people a lot in increasing the quality of foods. It helps farmers stop wasting their time and money on pesticides. The two main types of GMO crops in use today are engineered to either produce their pesticides o be herbicide-tolerant. More than 80% of corn grown in the US is GMO Bt corn, which produces its own Bacillus thuringiensis insecticide. This has significantly reduced the need for spraying insecticides over cornfields, and dozens of studies have shown there are no environmental or health concerns with Bt corn.
Scientists also proved that GMO foods are safe for humans, and they are improving the benefits of GMO foods every day. GMO foods also increase nutrition value, such as the "Golden Rice". The "Golden Rice" Nowadays, along with the development of technologies, scientists have invented a new technology for plants and foods. They called it GMO, and they introduced it with a lot of benefits. There is no doubt that GMO technology helps people a lot in increasing the quality of foods. It helps farmers stop wasting their time and money on pesticides.
Scientists also proved that GMO foods are safe for humans, and they are improving the benefits of GMO foods every day. GMO foods also increase nutrition value, such as the "Golden Rice". The "Golden Rice" produces high levels of beta-carotene.] A report by Australia and New Zealand's food safety regulator found that Golden Rice "is considered to be as safe for human consumption as food derived from conventional rice."
"GMOs - Top 3 Pros and Cons." ProConorg Headlines,
Genetically Modified Foods
We should resist the attempt to introduce more GMOs in the food supply because things need to be grown naturally. Due to that most people don't trust things done in labs and with this being done by transferring a certain gene to a crop, so it can grow differently and putting Bts in a crop, so it won't die off pesticides has people concern. Especially since things about GMO have been discovered like in Africa and them banning the import of GMO in 2012 because rats had tumor so they decided that GMO food cause cancer ( Lynas 2015 ).
Another reason for people not wanting GMO food is because of Antibacterial resistance and the," small chance that the genes in food can transfer to cells the body or bacteria in the gut. Some GMO plants contain genes that make them resistant to certain antibiotics" (Barrell 2019) so with this said modified foods make people worry about not being able to fight of sickness if antibiotics don't work. That is why they would rather stick to organic products. Since organic products are crops being grown naturally without chemical injections. People have peace of mind since they won't have to worry if whether or not GMO foods will have an effect on humans in the future. For that reason, we should stop the introduction of GMO in the food supply because it will help with the growing population, but we don't know what affects it will cause in the future.
Barrell, Amanda. "Pros and Cons of GMO Foods: Health and Environment." Medical News Today, MediLexicon International, 27 Feb. 2019.
Lynas, Mark. "Opinion | How I Got Converted to G.M.O. Food." The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2015.