Gmo Labeling Research Paper
The Rights of Americans to Have GMO Labeling and the Responsibility of The U.S. Government to Provide it.
Most people have heard of the term ‘GMO’ at least once in the past few years, but what does it actually mean? The term GMOs, or Genetically Modified Organisms, is referring to the altering of genes in plants or animals that result in an ‘enhanced’ product that would not normally be found in nature (The Non-GMO Project). In the past, people had no concern about GMOs because, well, they knew nothing about them! Today people see GMOs as a detriment to their health, a damage to the environment, and a violation of American’s rights (The Non-GMO Project). More and more people are fighting for the right to have GMO labeling because of research, because the U.S. is one of the only countries without GMO labeling (Carter, 2003), and simply because Americans want to know what they are putting in their bodies! Americans believe they have a right to know if their food is GE (Genetically Engineered), and that the government is responsible for giving them that information.
The GE tomato became the first GE food on the market in 1992 after it was approved by the FDA (justlabelit.org). Foods and products just like the tomato kept popping up, such as cotton that was herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant, and …show more content…
uses more than twice as much land for GM crops than Brazil, which is the next country to use the most land for GM crops (Clive, 2011). Even though these other nations also grow GM crops, it is not to the same extent as the U.S., and many of those other nations already require GMO labeling (Carter, Guillaume, 2003). This is another main reason why Americans are fighting for GMO labeling; 64 nations already require it (justlabelit.org). These 64 other nations make Americans realize the rights that are being withheld from them, and they start to blame the establishment in charge: the federal
Most people have heard of the term ‘GMO’ at least once in the past few years, but what does it actually mean? The term GMOs, or Genetically Modified Organisms, is referring to the altering of genes in plants or animals that result in an ‘enhanced’ product that would not normally be found in nature (The Non-GMO Project). In the past, people had no concern about GMOs because, well, they knew nothing about them! Today people see GMOs as a detriment to their health, a damage to the environment, and a violation of American’s rights (The Non-GMO Project). More and more people are fighting for the right to have GMO labeling because of research, because the U.S. is one of the only countries without GMO labeling (Carter, 2003), and simply because Americans want to know what they are putting in their bodies! Americans believe they have a right to know if their food is GE (Genetically Engineered), and that the government is responsible for giving them that information.
The GE tomato became the first GE food on the market in 1992 after it was approved by the FDA (justlabelit.org). Foods and products just like the tomato kept popping up, such as cotton that was herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant, and …show more content…
uses more than twice as much land for GM crops than Brazil, which is the next country to use the most land for GM crops (Clive, 2011). Even though these other nations also grow GM crops, it is not to the same extent as the U.S., and many of those other nations already require GMO labeling (Carter, Guillaume, 2003). This is another main reason why Americans are fighting for GMO labeling; 64 nations already require it (justlabelit.org). These 64 other nations make Americans realize the rights that are being withheld from them, and they start to blame the establishment in charge: the federal