Genetically modified foods, harmful or helpful The term genetically modified foods (GM foods) is most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest molecular biology technique. Compared to normal food, the benefits of GM foods is very obvious. Such as GM food can reduce damage to crops by chemical pesticide, herbicides and improved crops nutritional content. Now, planting genetically modified food has become very popular in the world. Although the genetically modified foods have many advantages than conventional foods, but we also cannot ignore the fact that GM foods also bring to a lot of problem.
In recent year, the risks have gradually appeared in many fields. “European environmental organizations and public interest groups have been actively protesting against GM foods for months, and recent controversial studies about the effects of genetically-modified corn pollen on monarch butterfly caterpillars have brought the issue of genetic engineering to the forefront of the public consciousness in the U.S.”(Whiteman, 2000) What are genetically-modified foods? The genetically-modified foods are the latest biology techniques most commonly to create crop plants for human or animal consumption using. The plants have been modified in the laboratory such as increased resistance to herbicides or improved nutritional content. The traits
The Bt toxin was used as biological pesticide which helps the amount of soybean in the yield to be harvested in a greater amount. In other words, by using bt toxin can make economic better in selling more soybean and other. According to the organization of Plant Biotechnology from Korea, they says that “when the damage from pests during the process of crops cultivation, the half of crop yield gets loss.” (cmb lab,2015) Pests eating crops is a big damage and it can decrease it about half of crops in the yield. But by using Bt toxin, it’s possible for amount of crops to increase in double of the amount of crops they got. This can help in raising the country more better in economically in many
Genetically Modified Crops Angela Lee History & Methods of Science Professor Moskowitz March 6, 2011 Genetically modified crops are foods that are made with genetically modified organisms. Genetically modified organisms had changes to their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. This involves adding or deleting of genes. Organism is exposed to radiation or chemicals to create a non-specific change. There is a technique that modifies food organisms it is called selective breeding.
Monsanto does not maintain an ethical culture as they let down their stakeholders ethically with the production of Agent Orange. “Ethical culture is the component of corporate culture that captures the values and norms that an organization defines as appropriate conduct” (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2013, p. 16). In the early 1980’s, Monsanto began a new venture in biotechnology and in 1994 they introduced the first products of soybean, cotton, and canola seeds that were engineered to be resistant of the herbicide, Roundup. They called it Roundup Ready seeds. 2.
More than ninety percent of food additives come from compounds that were originally found in nature” (Clydesdale). Food additives play a very important role when it comes to the spoilage of food. A preservative is a food additive that is added to foods to prevent foods from spoiling. Without this additive foods would grow bacteria, fungi and insects. Without additives foods would go bad before reaching the store.
In June 2005 the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that federal laws against marijuana, including its medical use, are valid. The Investigative New Drug (IND) program of the FDA was extended by court order in 1978 to permit over a dozen patients to receive and use government-grown marijuana. Although the program was closed to new patients in 1991, the four remaining patients each continue to receive about 320-360 marijuana cigarettes per month from the US government. The government has authorized a few research studies into the health effects of medical marijuana. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved marijuana as a medicine, citing the fact that it has not gone through rigorous clinical testing like other new drugs must.
Going back to President Obama’s first run for the presidency, he used his Mom sickness as the means to better the cost of medical so others would not go without. I have looked up different prices of Obama care and they are harsh. Reading over the different rules and regulations of the Obama care in 2015, it states that the less you make, then the less you’re going to pay (Obama care Facts, no date). I did a calculation and just for my husband and me, these are the results I had provided to me. Your results shown are for a Silver plan Your income is 127% of the Federal Poverty Level 2.82% of your income is the max amount you have to pay towards your health insurance as defined by the ACA Your Monthly Cost Eligible Subsidy $557 Your Eligible Subsidy $510 Your Adjusted Monthly Cost $47 With these
There are several reasons to why animal testing needs to be stopped. The method of animal testing is ‘bad science’ since The Food and Drug Administration reports that 92 out of every 100 drugs that pass animal tests fail in humans. Animals might have similarities to humans but they’re not exactly the same, which means testing on animals is useless. Because of that, animal testing is also an act of wasting our time, money and resources that we can spend on other human-relevant researches. In America, 106,000 deaths a year are attributed to reactions to medical drugs.
On the other hand, genetic engineering can create or modify plants with the exact desired trait very rapidly and with great accuracy. A well-known example of genetically modified food is the use of B.t., or Bacillus thuringiensis, in corn or other crops. The current world population is about 6 billion people and it is predicted to double in the next 50 years (WHO, 2001). Therefore, ensuring an adequate food supply to eliminate starvation is going to be a major challenge in coming years. Genetically modified foods with some of the advantages are potential to satisfy this need in a number of ways: • Pest resistance Crop losses caused by insect pests can spread over a period of time, and result in financial loss for farmers and starvation in developing countries (Whitman, 2000).