Genetically Modified Food
Every human being requires food in order to stay alive. The food provides the body with the forces it needs to keep the heart beating, the limbs moving, and the lungs breathing. However, during the last century, scientists have been working in laboratories to create a new kind of food. This type of food is called genetically modified food. Genetically modified food comes from plants that have been altered in laboratories. This technology can be accomplished by moving genes from one organism to another by changing genes in an organism that are already present. These changes result in the expression of attributes not found in the original organism. The technology was developed so that food could have specific, desirable traits.
Why are GM foods produced?
Genetic engineering offers a rapid and precise method of altering organisms as compared to traditional methods that are slow and inaccurate, and they are developed because there is some perceived …show more content…
They point to the example of sweet corn, and they say that sweet corns used to be destroyed by pests. This created serious consequences. Farmers lost a lot of money and their crops got damaged and could not be eaten. Therefore, they say that a great benefit can be found in genetically modified sweet corn, which has been modified to resist insects that cause damage.
• Another possible benefit from genetically modified food is that it improves the air and water quality. For example, farmers use a lot of powerful pesticides for soybeans crops; therefore, farmers are applying huge quantity of this poisonous chemical, which can affect the environment negatively. By having genetically modified soybeans crops, farmers will apply fewer chemicals, so fewer pollutants enter the
Every human being requires food in order to stay alive. The food provides the body with the forces it needs to keep the heart beating, the limbs moving, and the lungs breathing. However, during the last century, scientists have been working in laboratories to create a new kind of food. This type of food is called genetically modified food. Genetically modified food comes from plants that have been altered in laboratories. This technology can be accomplished by moving genes from one organism to another by changing genes in an organism that are already present. These changes result in the expression of attributes not found in the original organism. The technology was developed so that food could have specific, desirable traits.
Why are GM foods produced?
Genetic engineering offers a rapid and precise method of altering organisms as compared to traditional methods that are slow and inaccurate, and they are developed because there is some perceived …show more content…
They point to the example of sweet corn, and they say that sweet corns used to be destroyed by pests. This created serious consequences. Farmers lost a lot of money and their crops got damaged and could not be eaten. Therefore, they say that a great benefit can be found in genetically modified sweet corn, which has been modified to resist insects that cause damage.
• Another possible benefit from genetically modified food is that it improves the air and water quality. For example, farmers use a lot of powerful pesticides for soybeans crops; therefore, farmers are applying huge quantity of this poisonous chemical, which can affect the environment negatively. By having genetically modified soybeans crops, farmers will apply fewer chemicals, so fewer pollutants enter the