Why Is Gmo Bad
Joseph Edward Bennett
Panapa
WR121: Research Essay
24 AUG 2013
Your Food is Killing You During a time in the world where unemployment is at record highs and the cost a food has become staggering, farmers and businessmen alike have sought out new forms and methods of growing food. One of these methods has been using genetically modified crops. Most people do not even know what GMO’s are, where they come from, and how eating these foods are affecting their bodies. According to the United Stats Department of Labor, the unemployment rate of Americans still sets at an unbelievable 7.6 percent. “This number does not bring hope to the agricultural area of the states that continually seek out ways of improving its income” (BLS web). The …show more content…
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 after two generations of planting causing farmers to need more seeds every time they plant. It is a challenge for people to identify GMO in their foods, as there is no law saying food distributors must disclose GMO in their products and is a continuing fight between activists, farmers and Monsanto in court. A few of the high- risk for GMO crops include “soy, corn, sugar beets, cotton, canola, zucchini, and yellow summer squash” (Non GMO Project, 2013). In 1994, the “first of Monsanto 's biotech products to make it to market was not a GMO crop but Monsanto 's controversial GMO cattle drug, bovine growth hormone - called rBGH or rBST,” for dairy cows (BestMeal.info, 2013). Even though there were public concerns, it was approved by the FDA for
Panapa
WR121: Research Essay
24 AUG 2013
Your Food is Killing You During a time in the world where unemployment is at record highs and the cost a food has become staggering, farmers and businessmen alike have sought out new forms and methods of growing food. One of these methods has been using genetically modified crops. Most people do not even know what GMO’s are, where they come from, and how eating these foods are affecting their bodies. According to the United Stats Department of Labor, the unemployment rate of Americans still sets at an unbelievable 7.6 percent. “This number does not bring hope to the agricultural area of the states that continually seek out ways of improving its income” (BLS web). The …show more content…
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 after two generations of planting causing farmers to need more seeds every time they plant. It is a challenge for people to identify GMO in their foods, as there is no law saying food distributors must disclose GMO in their products and is a continuing fight between activists, farmers and Monsanto in court. A few of the high- risk for GMO crops include “soy, corn, sugar beets, cotton, canola, zucchini, and yellow summer squash” (Non GMO Project, 2013). In 1994, the “first of Monsanto 's biotech products to make it to market was not a GMO crop but Monsanto 's controversial GMO cattle drug, bovine growth hormone - called rBGH or rBST,” for dairy cows (BestMeal.info, 2013). Even though there were public concerns, it was approved by the FDA for