Gmo Good Or Bad Essay

GMOs: Are they good or bad? Humans have developed the world so much to the point where our population is getting out of hand and continues to grow. The world can only sustain a certain amount of people and food to feed its inhabitants. After an extreme growth in population; many countries have changed to genetically modified foods. I want to investigate the effects of GMO foods on human health and the environment. GMO stands for genetically modified organism also known as Genetically enhanced foods, this concept is the the alteration or modification or an organism’s genetic material by means of genetic engineering. GMO crops are a hotly debated topic in today 's media. Some scientists believe that these types of crops are affecting human health and the environment while others believe that it causes no harm or effects. GMO are one of the ways that the world has developed to maintain and feed the soaring human population. I agree with the scientist and argue that GMOs are causing more harm than the good that the media portrays …show more content…
Food hunger is a big problem in today 's world because of our tremendously high population, but the lack of food production is not the only problem that causes these things; other factors such as food waste, poverty and many other factors are causing huge impact to the world (Global food crisis). Another positive claim that comes from these genetically modified crops is that they can sustain pesticides better than non gmo crops, and therefore less pesticide has to be used; but these crops have actually caused more pesticides to be used in crops after they began to be modified, and that is because insects are always adapting to the new substances and plants that are