Genetically Modified Foods Case Study

Should we raise genetically modified food? This questions have been argued for a long time. I am going to analyze the pro and cons of the Genetically Modified food. One of the pros of genetically modified food is a better taste, increased the nutrition of the food, resistance to disease and pets, and faster output of crops. The cons of the genetically modified food isn’t 100% safe because it violate the law of natural growth. What is genetically Modified food? Genetically Modified foods are created by genetic modification/engineering techniques in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination. Why are Genetically Modified foods produced? According to the World Health Organization, the main reason for creating …show more content…
The insect pests is one of the main reason cause crop loss. Crop losses from insect pests resulting in devastating financial loss for famers and starvation in developing countries. Without pesticide use, about 60% of the crop will lose each years. So farmers use many tons of chemical pesticides annually. As we know consumers do not wish to eat food that has been treated with pesticides, and the pesticides and fertilizers can poison the water supply and cause harm to environment. In the United States, corn was genetically modified with the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) gene to against the corn pesters, which resulted in increased yields and reduced pesticide use. Growing genetically modified food can help eliminate the usage of chemical pesticides, reduce the cost of crop and the loss nutrition of the food. Admittedly Genetically Modified food have some disadvantages. We do not exactly know if the Genetically Modified is safe or not safe. As we know many children in the US and Europe have allergies to peanuts and other food. There is a possibility that the genetically modified food will create a new allergen or cause an allergic