The Pros And Cons Of GMO

1) From the Debates: the GMO question.

The pressing issue of governmental subsidies for or against genetically modified organisms truly comes down to a global or singular perspective. The global population is on an ever growing incline, purported to reach around 9 billion by 2050, which in is sharp contrast to the lessening of cropland utilized for foods. Scientific advances into genetics have allowed for increased yields and stronger crops that could solve the problem, but this new science has a number of unknowns, and potential issues in the future could outweigh its benefits. A backlash of public opinion wishing for organic, natural foods has arisen, leading to this continuing debate, each with valid reasoning and pressing faults to be addressed.

The most pressing issue against GMO expansion involves both financial and environmental issues, all of which came to a head in the Schmeiser case. Here, Monsanto, a huge agricultural company who sells GMOs, sued a farmer in Manitoba for growing roundup-ready canola (their product) without having bought the rights to it. The problem was that the seeds for this crop had blown in from neighboring farms, replacing the local produce. The case went to the Supreme Court, who sided with Schmeiser in that he was not at fault, but through the issue into the limelight that GMO crops were supplanting the local variety. Thusly, one of the largest problems with GMOs is that many farmers have begun to rely on one type of crop, eliminating the need for variety and decreasing the amount of diversity in many nations, especially Mexico, where GMO genes turned up in most of the native maize. Another problem related with the aforementioned case is corporate control, in that fear of companies controlling food supplies could lead to exploitation for profits. Some evidence of this arose in terminator seeds, which were a strain placed in seeds that would force them to expire after a year, stopping famers from stockpiling seeds. These are just a few issues with GMOs, and the ultimate end will only be evident in the

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