Genetic pollution

organism is any organism, such as plants, that have had their genetic material altered in a way that would not have normally occurred naturally.” (World Health Organization pp.2) GM crops, GM plants, and Biotech crops are also different terms used to describe GMO’s. According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), plants can be determined as genetically modified if they have had any genetic altercation by traditional means such as the cross…

Education; Americans are GMO Lab Rats Genetic modification during infancy, animal testing, and vaccines all very controversial and talked about biomedical health issues. Recently the American public has heard a great deal about these topic during the presidential election (Despin). Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) directly affect every American citizen daily. So why is it that the controversial topic of food modification and gene manipulation not discussed more? Twenty-six countries around…

The food industry has used this technology to create pest-resistant plants and disease-resistant animals in an effort to ensure more of a stable food supply. With the progression of genetic engineering, it is virtually possible to enhance crops, animals and individual genes more precisely with desired characteristics. (Institute of Food Technologists, 2000). In the mid1990s genetically engineered (GE) foods began to appear in the marketplace…

Some might say a child expects its mother to give and mother expects its child to take. In similar ways we, humans, being the child of the earth take from the world and expect Mother Nature just to give. However, human mothers and physical mothers are finite resources and their children must be cognizant of this fact before it is too late. This relationship between a child and its mother demonstrates how the relationship between the human and non-human world is a selfish one. However, recent…

The “Pointless” Artificial Creation The matter of cloning reached a peak when CEO of BioArts International, Lou Hawthorne, announced to his company that they were no longer offering dog-cloning services by giving demand of cloning for a an uninterested market and unethical competition between international markets as one of the reasons for the stoppage. A similar situation of total disregard to organism creation through laboratorial procedures was observed in Ehrlich’s article talking about the…

The environmental justice movement originated in national pulsation from all over the world, but the phenomenon of environmental injustice occurred in all countries and even the global society. The issues raised by the environmental justice movement are unpredictable significance. In the 1990s, the resulting environmental justice movement not only in the Western countries, but also in the Eastern counties (especially the less developed countries and regions) have received a wide range of…

DNA AND MUTATIONS DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) carries the genetic instructions. In 1953 the structure of DNA was discovered for the first time by J. Watson and F. Crick. They opposed that DNA is made up of two long strands or twisted chains. The structure of the DNA is similar to a ladder, with the sugar, and phosphate molecules forming the sides, and the base pairs forming the rungs. The shape of the DNA is double helix. There are 3 billion Human DNA, and more than 99% of those bases are…

Gasoline is derived from the distillation of heavy oil and while this resource presents as advantageous for the human population, the displacement of used petroleum into the natural environment has been revealed to be the largest contributor to the pollution in and the destruction of aquatic ecosystems (Ramadass et al. 2014). In this case, gasoline is considered a contaminant or an unwanted substance that has been released into the natural environment, which has disturbed its function or…

is not labeled correctly (Storm 4). Certain states don’t think they need to label products but congress feels as if it would be easier and safer if all products have GMO labels. In addition to the previous sentence, Congress made a law called the Genetic Engineering act passed in 2014. Congress then said they have 2 years to make mandatory labeling requirements. The labeling requirement stated it must have some sort of symbol (Farquhar 18,19). In 2018 whole food marketing will require labels on…

A GMO is any kind of organism, plant, or animal whose genetic material has been altered though genetic engineering. According to Lecia Bushak, a journalist with a major in journalism from NYU who specializes in covering mental health and international news, GMOs are used to create high-quality crops that can withstand certain pesticides and herbicides, making it easier to get rid of weeds (Bushak, 2015). While biotechnology like GMOs may not be able to solve hunger and malnutrition issues, it…