Irrational Fear of Chemicals
Genetic engineering could sustain mankind and solve a pile of environmental issues - if only environmentalists would let it. Sometimes, politics gets in the way of logic, and for this reason, there is opposition to the genetic modification of organisms. The accomplishments of those that work on the genetic modification of organisms, especially food crops include the saving of lives, improvement of the environment, and helping solve world hunger. If we give them the time they need, and the funding and support they deserve, we will reap the benefits of investing in a technology with such great potential. It is difficult to see how anyone would see more negatives than positives in the genetic modification of organisms. …show more content…
A PET scanner is a medical imaging machine critical to the healing of many illnesses. Quantum physics and medical imaging seem to be unconnected and distinct areas of science, but their relationship in the 20th century was nothing short of miraculous. During that time period, physicians were performing unneeded lobotomies on a regular basis on patients and quantum physics was still in its early stages. In a similar way, biotechnology and the genetic adjustment of organisms was a science still in its early stages. Even though its effects are already bountiful, nobody as of now knows the degree at which biotechnology and the genetic modification of organisms will further help the world in the near future. No one in Han China said ‘It's great to be living in the Chinese Golden Age’. This term was just invented after-the-fact to help people understand Chinese history. Similarly, no one will know the far-reaching impacts of the Green Revolution until it has been long concluded. To take it a step further, no one will be able to analyze the full extent of how this biotech revolution will help the world until it is over with. Scientists in the agricultural industry are trying to solve …show more content…
One is that there is a lack of evidence demonstrating the safety of GM organisms and therefore they are somehow poisonous or harmful to human or animal life. Even associations such as Greenpeace that regularly merit some credit make wild claims like these. Since it is not challenging at all to find thorough research pertaining to this matter, it can decisively be concluded that individuals that make these assertions are uninformed. Italian scientists Alessandro Nicolia et al. have provided us with a convenient meta-analysis of 1783 studies arriving at the conclusion that “the scientific research conducted so far has not detected any significant hazards directly connected with the use of GE crops” (Nicolia). These 1783 studies were spread among a range of apprehensions from risks to humans and animals to hazards to the environment. The simple fact that 1783 studies with respect to the effects of GM organisms have been done proves that there is not an absence of research on this topic. The truth of the matter is that GM organisms are tested and regulated far more thoroughly than any other foodstuff intended for human consumption, and it's likely to stay that way. The only other principal argument of the anti-GMO movement appears to be that GM crops will ‘leak’ into the indigenous environment and somehow corrupt it – that they will become ‘pests’ in an ecosystem where they do not belong.
Genetic engineering could sustain mankind and solve a pile of environmental issues - if only environmentalists would let it. Sometimes, politics gets in the way of logic, and for this reason, there is opposition to the genetic modification of organisms. The accomplishments of those that work on the genetic modification of organisms, especially food crops include the saving of lives, improvement of the environment, and helping solve world hunger. If we give them the time they need, and the funding and support they deserve, we will reap the benefits of investing in a technology with such great potential. It is difficult to see how anyone would see more negatives than positives in the genetic modification of organisms. …show more content…
A PET scanner is a medical imaging machine critical to the healing of many illnesses. Quantum physics and medical imaging seem to be unconnected and distinct areas of science, but their relationship in the 20th century was nothing short of miraculous. During that time period, physicians were performing unneeded lobotomies on a regular basis on patients and quantum physics was still in its early stages. In a similar way, biotechnology and the genetic adjustment of organisms was a science still in its early stages. Even though its effects are already bountiful, nobody as of now knows the degree at which biotechnology and the genetic modification of organisms will further help the world in the near future. No one in Han China said ‘It's great to be living in the Chinese Golden Age’. This term was just invented after-the-fact to help people understand Chinese history. Similarly, no one will know the far-reaching impacts of the Green Revolution until it has been long concluded. To take it a step further, no one will be able to analyze the full extent of how this biotech revolution will help the world until it is over with. Scientists in the agricultural industry are trying to solve …show more content…
One is that there is a lack of evidence demonstrating the safety of GM organisms and therefore they are somehow poisonous or harmful to human or animal life. Even associations such as Greenpeace that regularly merit some credit make wild claims like these. Since it is not challenging at all to find thorough research pertaining to this matter, it can decisively be concluded that individuals that make these assertions are uninformed. Italian scientists Alessandro Nicolia et al. have provided us with a convenient meta-analysis of 1783 studies arriving at the conclusion that “the scientific research conducted so far has not detected any significant hazards directly connected with the use of GE crops” (Nicolia). These 1783 studies were spread among a range of apprehensions from risks to humans and animals to hazards to the environment. The simple fact that 1783 studies with respect to the effects of GM organisms have been done proves that there is not an absence of research on this topic. The truth of the matter is that GM organisms are tested and regulated far more thoroughly than any other foodstuff intended for human consumption, and it's likely to stay that way. The only other principal argument of the anti-GMO movement appears to be that GM crops will ‘leak’ into the indigenous environment and somehow corrupt it – that they will become ‘pests’ in an ecosystem where they do not belong.