Bacillus anthracis

In Reinhard Renneberg’s article, “Golden rice can end world hunger,” he explains his ideas on the highly controversial topic of GMO Golden Rice. He begins the article by introducing the problem: 250 million children are suffering from provitamin A deficiency, which is important for resistance against infectious diseases. Renneberg’s solution is to use Golden Rice that is genetically modified containing maize DNA, which has provitamin A. He believes this to be a strong solution because rice is a…

Genetically Modified Organisms are one of the most controversial issues in the world today. GMOs are foods made from organisms that have specific change to its DNA through the process of genetically altering it to improvement the quality of the product. GMOs have raised concerns over whether there beneficial or harmful to our health. GMO foods have affected the world dramatically therefore, as humans we have the right to know how they seem to be. GMOs can pose a serious threat to our health if…

Many might not acknowledge how much of an impact food has made in shaping the society in which we live. Another unknown detail is that the use of farming is very recent to our knowledge. Dating to about 11,000 years ago, farming has played a key role in the evolution of mankind. About 11,000 years ago humans started to cultivate food intentionally. This process of cultivating food is known as “farming” and it started taking hold in the Near Eastern part of the world at about 8,500 B.C.…

Transforming the agriculture industry and making large profits, Monsanto has generated controversy and fears with some of their stakeholders. Attempting to make farming easier, and increase the food supply throughout the world, they could be making harmful impacts on human health and the environment. Monsanto desires to be a beneficial, transparent, respectful, and understanding organization. They have gone against some of their values while trying to be innovative and return profit to their…

According to agricultural researcher Charles Benbrook,Ph.D., 1.6 billion kilograms of Roundup have been spewed globally since 1971. (One kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds.) With more than 90% of USA corn grown from genetically engineered seeds, there’s little doubt that, whoever’s crunching corn chips that aren’t organic, are munching glyphosate in every bite. A Frito-Lay product fits the category, as Natural News reports. “Recent tests conducted on Frito-Lay’s SunChips product revealed the…

Native pollinators and European honey bees have experienced widespread declines in the Midwestern United States in recent years. These insects play a significant role in the ecosystem and provide important ecosystem services by pollinating vegetable crops. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency recently developed the CP-42 conservation planting practice to restore habitat for pollinators. The goals of the program are to provide at least three pollinator-friendly wildflowers…

Im going against genetically modified foods because you never know what can happen to your body. When food is genetically modified, its genes are changed by scientists to produce new traits that farmers and consumers want from their food. For example, with genetic modification, a plant that is eaten by a certain type of insect could be changed in such a way that it tastes bad or is even dangerous to that insect. With genetic engineering, food items can become more resistant to disease and pests,…

The applications of Bt corn are to produce a better quality corn that resists pests and parasites and will yield larger crops even in poor environmental conditions. The Cry1AB protein or Bt delta endotoxin located inside the Bt corn, is what is used to kill off Lepidoptera larvae, specifically the European corn borer, as they hatch and begin to feed on the plant as the protein is made by the plant in the tissue where these feed at. The Cry protein acts as a synthetic insecticide and is not…

Anthrax is a highly infectious disease that normally affects herbivores (livestock) and unfortunately may also spread to humans through inhalation, ingestion or any sort of skin contact of the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) is a gram positive spore forming bacterium that invades the human body and leads to various symptoms of Anthrax, depending on how virulent it has become. These symptoms include; swollen neck glands, bloody diarrhoea, vomiting blood, extreme…

Anthrax isolated case Anthrax is caused by the bacterial spore Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus anthracis’s characteristic spore allows it to live dormant for many years without desiccation before becoming active when exposed to water. It occurs naturally and can be found on vegetation and in many products made form animals. One method of contracting anthrax is inhalation. This has been known as a prevalent pathology of the disease among infected wool workers and hide tanners. It has also been…