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If the movement of people, food, and manufactured goods can have such a negative impact on public health, should steps be taken to reduce these flows? What other options are there for lowering the spread of global diseases?

The movements of people, food and manufactured goods have had such a negative impacts on public health and therefore, there are steps that can be taken to lower the spread of global diseases on each of the following. Movement of people. Increased movement of people around the globe has led to increased opportunities for the spread of diseases like Aids, malaria, tuberculosis and so many others and the following steps can be taken to reduce the flow.
· All travelers be screened and treated for diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, Aids as many people harbor many
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Personally, I feel genetically modified organisms are good because they are more resistant to parasites, grow and mature faster and they yield higher amount of proteins than none GMOs.

Do you feel that the benefits outweigh the costs of producing food in this manner? Why or why not? Explain. I personally feel the benefit outweighs the cost of producing in this manner because of the following reasons.
· Genetic modification of organisms allows for increased food production and more resistant and nutritious foods, and it is believed to offer valuable tools for responding to the serious problem of malnutrition facing many people around the world.
· Research carried out on genetically modified organisms are believed to cause less environmental damage than their unmodified counterparts and this because organisms can be engineered to be pest-resistant, decreasing the amounts of toxic chemical pesticides that need to be applied to, for example, plants and crops planted and In addition this, components of a genetically modified plants drive insects away and are not harmful to human

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