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GMO Argumentative Essay

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GMO, genetically modified organisms, made by adding DNA from an organism to another organism. GMO’s foundation was first founded by Gregor Mendel, which he was trying to study selective breeding, which was founded by Charles Darwin(1859), using peas in the 1865. They soon discover many things such as, DNA; the shape of DNA (double helix); and they finally finished unraveling the genetic codes, until 1974, Stanley Cohen; Annie Chang; and Herbert Boyer created the first GMO. That’s where GMO was first invented and used. Now, the people cannot determine if genetically modified organisms has too many flaws for it to be used or the positives outweigh the negatives. these genetically modified organisms have many pros yet they also come with …show more content…

The GMO are grown quickly and they can also produce quickly, making them very effective. The roundup spray helps keeps weed and pest out of the crops; this allows the plant to live longer and don’t get destroyed by pest and weeds. They allow the planting of crops without tilling the soil very much, which allows the plants to absorb the nutrients they need and don’t make the soil go to waste. GMO also gives the food more taste and nutrients, such as, the golden rice, thus making the food have many more benefits than what it already has. GMO last longer so you could transport the food to another country where there are low amount of nutrients in their country. Finally, GMO give animals less animal problems and they could also produce their own pesticides so no pest could eat …show more content…

The population is going to increase greatly in the couple of years and we need a way to provide food for the people. Although the GMOs could cause cancer, new allergies, and damage organs; it’s better to provide food to the whole world so we can decrease the amount of famine in the world. One example of a food that could save many is the golden rice. Golden rice provide vitamin A, which could save humans from immune system failure and increase human growth. The GMOs should be perfected first to check if there is side effects to eating GMOs everyday. GMOs could also save a lot of trees by decreasing the amount of deforestation we do, just to get enough farmland because the previous land was used and there’s no more nutrients left in the soil. The edible vaccines could also help because many of the children aren’t willing to take their medicine due to the taste, which could lead to many problem, but edible vaccine could help cure this problem by providing a very good

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