Every day young adults across the nation consume food purchased by their parents, lunches prepared by their school cafeterias, and meals from their favorite restaurants, and are unconcerned and unaware of the ingredients contained in food products, and furthermore do not partake in choosing what they consume. Unfortunately, teenagers are consuming Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) almost constantly, whether they realize it or not. GMOs first commercialized in 1994, are genetically engineered through a process which consists of inserting foreign DNA from bacteria, viruses, animals, and humans into their primary species, resulting in various unintentional health consequences (GMO Awareness). The plethora of unknown results stemming from this genetic modification process, raise the important question of whether GMOs are safe for humans. Without further action, the human population will remain endangered due to the negative health effects of the genetic modification process, and young adults will continue to be most susceptible to these threats because of their unfinished development. Adolescents must make it a priority to remain
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These opposing organizations advocate for the continued use of agricultural biotechnology in order to provide for an abundant food supply that would ultimately lower the cost of food and increase the potential to help end world hunger (The Facts About GMO). While an increased and inexpensive food supply would appear to benefit society, anti-GMO activists continually rebut these claims by arguing that GMOs cause more harm than good. For example in a TED talk, speaker Birke Baehr says, “We can either pay the farmer or we can pay the hospital” (TEDTalks). Baehr credibly argues that there are no real savings associated with a surplus of inexpensive food. In fact, there is an even greater cost–our
These opposing organizations advocate for the continued use of agricultural biotechnology in order to provide for an abundant food supply that would ultimately lower the cost of food and increase the potential to help end world hunger (The Facts About GMO). While an increased and inexpensive food supply would appear to benefit society, anti-GMO activists continually rebut these claims by arguing that GMOs cause more harm than good. For example in a TED talk, speaker Birke Baehr says, “We can either pay the farmer or we can pay the hospital” (TEDTalks). Baehr credibly argues that there are no real savings associated with a surplus of inexpensive food. In fact, there is an even greater cost–our