Using one major claim of the critics, he identifies the risks of GM crops adversely affecting humans, animals, and the environment. In rebuttal however, he brings up the food shortages in developing countries and the specific ways of countering them with GM crops. In considering both sides of the argument and objectively comparing them, he can effectively develop his argument from an unbiased viewpoint. However, he does note that in favor of GM crops, humans have already been genetically engineering crops for generations, selectively breeding different crops, such as corn, to become larger and more nutritious. Additionally, he uses statistics in proving that farmers who use insect-resistant variants of common crops spend an average of “$2.80 to $14.50 per acre” less on pesticides, saving them money to feed back into the next crop and to reduce the use of harmful chemicals on the food they produce (Key, Ma, Drake). By relating to past examples of human involvement in the food they eat, Feldmann successfully argues that there is really nothing to worry about for genetically engineered crops, since we have already eaten them for so
Using one major claim of the critics, he identifies the risks of GM crops adversely affecting humans, animals, and the environment. In rebuttal however, he brings up the food shortages in developing countries and the specific ways of countering them with GM crops. In considering both sides of the argument and objectively comparing them, he can effectively develop his argument from an unbiased viewpoint. However, he does note that in favor of GM crops, humans have already been genetically engineering crops for generations, selectively breeding different crops, such as corn, to become larger and more nutritious. Additionally, he uses statistics in proving that farmers who use insect-resistant variants of common crops spend an average of “$2.80 to $14.50 per acre” less on pesticides, saving them money to feed back into the next crop and to reduce the use of harmful chemicals on the food they produce (Key, Ma, Drake). By relating to past examples of human involvement in the food they eat, Feldmann successfully argues that there is really nothing to worry about for genetically engineered crops, since we have already eaten them for so