negative consequence.With genetically-modified foods being a trendy topic and being like all great debates it has its prons and cons‚ so it all comes down to whether the good will supercede the bad‚ or vice versa. The word GM foods or sometimes labeled GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) is created for human and/or animal use by using the most advanced molecular biology procedures. The plants and/or crops sometimes have been altered in the laboratory to enhance certain important traits such as increased
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Genetically –modified food of persuasion Specific Purpose: To persuade our audience that genetically modified foods are not safe for consumption. Central Idea: Genetically modified foods may bring a new allergen that we may not be prepared to treat. We put more synthetic toxins into our bodies. I. Introduction A. (Attention Getter) Soon‚ kids may actually have a good reason not to eat vegetables. Genetically modified foods‚ vegetables and fruits‚ “Frankedfoods”‚ are making their way from
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Throughout history‚ scientific research and the exploration of new technologies have always been areas of extreme controversy and heated debate. This can be primarily attributed to the fact that they touch upon and affect many aspects of people’s lives‚ not to mention their direct interference with political‚ social and religious matters. One of the latest and most ferociously debated technologies‚ that the scientific community has offered humanity‚ is the technology of Genetically Modified Organisms
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president of the National Capital Area Environmental Health Association located in Clinton‚ Maryland. It provides an in-depth view of the potential benefits and intentions of GMFs‚ and the rationale behind those who oppose it. This article provides information for the reasons on both sides of the argument‚ giving me a better understanding of the effects GMOs could have on humanity and the planet‚ for better or worse. "With an ever-increasing global population‚ hunger in the developing world‚ and the
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Class C Speech 9-7-16 GMO FRIEND OR FOE Remember the good old days when your food would come straight from the local farm and you would know exactly what it was you were eating. No questions or second thought of “is this a healthy meal?” Back in those days you Wouldn’t have to go to a grocery store and struggle to find organic or GMO free food. So what is a GMO? A GMO or genetically modified organism is a form of gene tampering or manipulation commonly used in produce. GMOS were first created in
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performed by my partners and I is a study done in Brazil to better detect for GMO within their foods sold in markets a other places (Cardarelli‚ Branquinho‚ Ferreria‚ da Cruz and Gemmule‚ 2005). These articles show how GMO within foods are present all over the world. The reason my fellow group members and
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we first had to gain an understanding about genetically modified organisms in general. This was rather easy because if you have been to any grocery store lately you have without a doubt seen products with labels saying "GMO-free" or even "contains only non-GMO ingredients." GMO actually stands for Genetically Modified Organisms‚ and this refers to any products that have been manipulated or altered at the gene level. Modifying plants is not a new concept. "For centuries‚ gardeners and farmers
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This type of crossbreeding and combining of genes is not natural in any aspect. GMO is “engineered to withstand herbicides and/or to produce an insecticide” within the plant (Non GMO Project‚ 2013). Most developed countries do not recognize GMO as safe for consumption and have attributed its insecticide properties as the reason for “super bugs and super weeds” emerging on farms (Non GMO Project‚ 2013). Another plant modification known as Terminator Technology kills the plants offspring
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going to be a major challenge in the years to come.” Many people would say that we should not use GMO crops because we can produce enough crops to feed the growing population but they are wrong. When a farmer uses a GMO crop vs. a non-GMO crop they are almost guaranteed something to harvest because the GMO crops can withstand floods‚ droughts‚ and they are more resistant to diseases and insects then non-GMO crops. Also by using GMO’s you do not have all of the hassle of conventional farming. In conventional
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Raising Enough Food with GMOs American agriculture is the world’s leader in production and also seems to be the envy of other countries. The reason why is because U.S. agri-business consistently produces more food on less land and at cheaper cost than the farmers of any other nation. When famine loomed in Mexico and southern Asia in the mid-20th century‚ agricultural crop researchers saved the day. Scientists at Mexico ’s International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and the Philippines ’s International
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