GMOs 1.
Genetically Modified Organisms
What are the risks in consuming genetically modified foods?
We’ve read about them in newspapers, journals, and in social media. Scientists have
researched their prehistoric roots and we continue to discuss with our Family and Friends
about them. GMOs, genetically modified organisms. GMOs is genetically altered foods.
Controversies over GMOs have circled around their environmental impacts, effects on human
health, and patterns of corporate globalization. GMOs are commonly used in processed foods.
In theory, modified crops and animals are friendly to the environment because of the
conservation of water, energy and soil. The plus side of GMOs are, farmers produce more
nutritious
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and other nutrients are not inadvertently altered. Over all, the main goal of modifying
food genetically is to make them attractive and unique to impress consumers. Why is GMO
important for human society? It is important because it’s supported by its ability to produce
enough food for the population. This requires us to heighten our agricultural methods to
increase the yields on farmed land and cut the growth of agriculture
to more wild lands. Expanding agriculture increases productions, but has negative
impacts on biodiversity, carbon releases to the atmosphere, soil erosion and nutrient losses.
Instead, obtaining more of the food value from the same amount of land requires more efficient
crop plants. Such as crops that make better use of fertilizers and water, have a very strong
resistance to disease and pests and store more nutrients in the crop components (e.g., fruits,
seeds). Genetic engineering can give to all of these. Research has already demonstrated the
potential to develop crops with increased nutrient use efficiency, greater drought, flooding
resistance, stronger disease and insect resistance and higher nutritional content. Our society has
GMOs
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In 2016 the U.S federal government passed a law
requiring labeling of genetically modified ingredients in food products, replacing the GM
labeling laws in several states. The supporting evidence is stronger than ever. As of
2012, there were more than 2,000 international studies on the importance, environmental impact
GMOs 5.
and safety of GMOs in food production. So, are their health risks associated with consuming
GMOs? There are other critics of GMOs who claim that the use in livestock are dangerous and
damaging to the animals and humans who consume those animals. The answer, is No. GMOs
are more thoroughly tested than any product in the history of agriculture before the release into
the marketplace. In all the risk assessments in over 15 of field research and 30 years of
laboratory research, there hasn’t been an instance where there was a health risk associated
with a GMO product. For example: In 2011, “a 90-day feeding study, is generally considered
enough to test the health effects of GM feed. The studies reviewed present
evidence to show that genetically modified plants are nutritionally equal to their
non-GM counterparts and can be safely used in food.” (Journal of Food and