Gm Foods Research Paper

Today’s special menu is, “Fingerling Potatoes with Waxmoth Genes (served with sour cream from bovine growth hormone treated cows), Braised Pork Loin with Human Growth Genes, and Rice Pudding with Pea and Bacteria Genes…Bon Appetit!” (Hart 11). Unknown genetically modified genes such as <> have been inputted into plentitudes of crops, unknown for their safety for human consumption and environmental effects. According to the UCSUSA, “None of the genetically modified food crops currently on the market offer benefits to consumers in terms of price, nutrition, or new products.” Genetically modified foods impose several detrimental environmental impacts, as well as have never been directly tested for the safety of human consumption. It is pivotal and necessary to label these genetically modified foods to preserve the unknown long-term impacts, as well as environmental and health impacts, it can produce for the younger generations to come. Genetically modified foods (GM foods) refers to the production of …show more content…
According to Gary Hirshberg, the chairman of Just Label It: a grassroots consumer campaign to require the labeling of foods that contain genetically modified ingredients, genetically modified foods has spread to all base crops which are needed for the production of various products for consumption. “GE soy makes up 90%-plus of the soybeans grown in the US, GE corn is roughly 85% of all corn, and several other GE crops including sugar beets and cotton are equally dominant in the market place.” (Hirshberg 9) According to the Center for Food Safety, it has been estimated that upwards of 75% of processed foods on supermarket shelves – from soda to soup, crackers to condiments – contain genetically engineered ingredients. Unknown for the long-term health and environmental consequences, the presupposition that genetically modified foods posses more benefits than consequences is a false