GMOs: The Manmade Super Food Or the Genetic Atomic Bomb?
GMOs, like many other things, start from good intentions, but the effect it can and does have on the planet, the animals and people aren’t so good. It's great to live in the present but sometimes we have to put the future first. Genetic engineering (or GE) food started in the late 1990’s; 1996 to be more precise. We have been told that it’s better for the world, that it can help us produce more crops that are bigger and healthier; that it’s low cost, and we don’t need to use extremely harmful pesticides on them. We’ve been told that these GE foods have been developed in such a way that they have improved nutritional content and longer shelf life.
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According to documents released from a lawsuit, the scientific consensus at the agency was that GM foods were inherently dangerous, and might create hard-to-detect allergies, poisons, gene transfer to gut bacteria, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged their superiors to require rigorous long-term studies. The White House had ordered the agency to promote biotechnology and the FDA responded by recruiting Michael Taylor, Monsanto’s former attorney, to head up the formation of GMO policy. That policy, which is in effect today, denies knowledge of scientists’ concerns and declares that no safety studies on GMOs are required. It is up to Monsanto and the other biotech companies to determine if their foods are safe. (Doctors …show more content…
These GE crops have radically altered the face of the country, Avia Teria, A small rural village surrounded by GE fields. Children are born with strange maladies and degenerative diseases of unknown origin. Many of the children are deformed in one way or another and many of the elderly are dying from cancer. The villagers refer to Monsanto’s Roundup as “the poison” and due their best to avoid getting sprayed. The only independently organized investigation of the health impact of GE crops, conducted by students of the Rosario Medical University, found that cancer rates increased by 40% in a single year in one village and in another the cancer rate shot up by 250%. (http://articles.mercola.com).If this was such a good thing, why would it be banned, restricted or labeled in so many countries, countries such as Australia, Japan, and all the countries in the European Union. In conclusion, we haven't solved the problems with GE, but in fact, created an even bigger one. We must keep in mind that prevention is always better than
GMOs, like many other things, start from good intentions, but the effect it can and does have on the planet, the animals and people aren’t so good. It's great to live in the present but sometimes we have to put the future first. Genetic engineering (or GE) food started in the late 1990’s; 1996 to be more precise. We have been told that it’s better for the world, that it can help us produce more crops that are bigger and healthier; that it’s low cost, and we don’t need to use extremely harmful pesticides on them. We’ve been told that these GE foods have been developed in such a way that they have improved nutritional content and longer shelf life.
At face value, this is amazing, its …show more content…
According to documents released from a lawsuit, the scientific consensus at the agency was that GM foods were inherently dangerous, and might create hard-to-detect allergies, poisons, gene transfer to gut bacteria, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged their superiors to require rigorous long-term studies. The White House had ordered the agency to promote biotechnology and the FDA responded by recruiting Michael Taylor, Monsanto’s former attorney, to head up the formation of GMO policy. That policy, which is in effect today, denies knowledge of scientists’ concerns and declares that no safety studies on GMOs are required. It is up to Monsanto and the other biotech companies to determine if their foods are safe. (Doctors …show more content…
These GE crops have radically altered the face of the country, Avia Teria, A small rural village surrounded by GE fields. Children are born with strange maladies and degenerative diseases of unknown origin. Many of the children are deformed in one way or another and many of the elderly are dying from cancer. The villagers refer to Monsanto’s Roundup as “the poison” and due their best to avoid getting sprayed. The only independently organized investigation of the health impact of GE crops, conducted by students of the Rosario Medical University, found that cancer rates increased by 40% in a single year in one village and in another the cancer rate shot up by 250%. (http://articles.mercola.com).If this was such a good thing, why would it be banned, restricted or labeled in so many countries, countries such as Australia, Japan, and all the countries in the European Union. In conclusion, we haven't solved the problems with GE, but in fact, created an even bigger one. We must keep in mind that prevention is always better than