Genetically Modified Foods Genetically Modified Foods is what the future of this world will look like. Many people are not well informed about the beneficial facts GMOs can bring to our health, the farming environments, and world hunger. Genetic modification can transform the number of nutrients we put in our body, can cooperate with rapid climate changes, and most importantly, will solve the major conflict of world hunger. What are GMOS? Where did they come from? GMOS represent genetically modified organisms. In 1935, a Russian isolated pure DNA, then rDNA followed in 1973. In 1975 the Asilomar Conference occurred, where biologists came together to find the safe use of genetically engineered DNA. Then finally in 1982, the FDA approved their
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Starting from 1999, genetically modified foods was an extensive influence worldwide. Even some everyday fast foods a human craves uses GMOs, such as KFC and Burger King. GM tomatoes have been grown to prevent the frosting of the fruit and freezing climates with genes from a cold-water fish. The US Food and Drug Administration approved AquAdvantage salmon with a gene added from Chinook Salmon that allows it to grow with less time and less feed to help it grow bigger. The Agriculture Department approved the Arctic Apple, which destroys the gene that causes apples to brown in a short amount of time. Lastly, the “Drug Administration approved a new chicken that has been genetically modified to treat a rare and potentially fatal disorder called lysosomal acid lipase deficiency” (Kelly 1). GM golden rice includes beta carotene which is related to Vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency is a problem because it causes blindness and has an increasing rate for infections. Food such as rice “is the most important staple food for large portions of the undeveloped world” (Messer 47). More examples of everyday GM foods include corn, maize, soya bean, and cotton who have become resistant to herbicides, reduces soil erosion, improves yields, and the price of production is
Starting from 1999, genetically modified foods was an extensive influence worldwide. Even some everyday fast foods a human craves uses GMOs, such as KFC and Burger King. GM tomatoes have been grown to prevent the frosting of the fruit and freezing climates with genes from a cold-water fish. The US Food and Drug Administration approved AquAdvantage salmon with a gene added from Chinook Salmon that allows it to grow with less time and less feed to help it grow bigger. The Agriculture Department approved the Arctic Apple, which destroys the gene that causes apples to brown in a short amount of time. Lastly, the “Drug Administration approved a new chicken that has been genetically modified to treat a rare and potentially fatal disorder called lysosomal acid lipase deficiency” (Kelly 1). GM golden rice includes beta carotene which is related to Vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency is a problem because it causes blindness and has an increasing rate for infections. Food such as rice “is the most important staple food for large portions of the undeveloped world” (Messer 47). More examples of everyday GM foods include corn, maize, soya bean, and cotton who have become resistant to herbicides, reduces soil erosion, improves yields, and the price of production is