Genetically modified food controversies

Genetically Modified Organism History and Current Labeling American consumers seem to be becoming more aware of Non-Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) labeling, but where are all of the GMO labels? In the past 15 years, the media and news broadcasts have focused on GM production and label laws more than ever. This extra buzz has peaked American curiosity and interest in what GMOs are, and why labeling is important. The history of modern GE (genetically engineered) technology made a huge…

When it comes to food preparation, it remains a top concern in several countries. Due to recent outbreaks such as Ebola, developed nations remain taking preventative measures to halt the spread of such diseases. Moreover, several corporations have also taken initiative. To expound further, these corporations have fortified an already existing mandate regarding what the U.S. public can and cannot consume. As a result, citizens of countries such as America will never have to endure the lasting…

GMOs requires an extensive identity preservation system in the food supply chain from farmers to retailers (Maltsbarger and Kalaitzandonakes, 2000). It is also found that either testing or detailed record-keeping of traceable GM ingredients in food supply chain are needed at various steps in some GM-sensitive countries. Estimated costs of mandatory labelling vary from a 1-2 dollars per person per year up to 10% of a consumer’s annual food bill (Gruere and Rao, 2007). Caswell (1999) demonstrated…

After the Civil War ended, 15 years later moving to the west is a good idea. Due to economic conditions, in terms of jobs, working as a farmer would be the most reasonable with good profit as well. Considering all the criteria to be a farmer isn’t that hard, simply growing crops and selling isn’t as tough as being a miner or cowboy (more work). Being a farmer at the time has its benefits alongside its difficulties. There were quite the benefits after the Civil War that helped farmers such as…

We consume them daily. In fact, they make up about 80% of processed foods that Americans eat today (). But what are they? They are Genetically Modified Organisms or GMOs as it is commonly known. This is one of many applications of Biotechnology. Although it is meant for a many beneficial applications, there is a stigma with the acronym GMO. The first appearance of GMOs made the public a little eerie. With the help of media painting GMOs as a negative entity, the public instantly feared the…

The Species-Rank abundance curve for Run (Figure 1.) and Riffle (Figure 2.) treatment shows similar relationship between rank abundance and log10 abundance for dominance preemption and the observed data. Since the data in both treatments resembled the Dominance preemption model, species assemblages are unstable. The dominance preemption model supposes that the first species to invade the communities of relatively few species where a single environmental factor is of dominating importance. Only…

Why do weeds always like to take the flower soil. I have always wondered why do you have to pull weed’s from your garden? Well the reason is because the weed’s will take your plant nutrients and kill the plant's. Weed’s and flowers do have similarities like needing sun and needing water. But weeds will always overpower the flowers. Weeds and flowers have a ton in common like they both spread pretty fast, but weeds do spread faster than flowers. The reason weed’s spread faster than flowers…

provide consumers with the necessary tool that is accurate information and due to the abstention of the CFIA to impose mandatory labelling of Country of Origin, the general public is left to its own devices when trying to the determine the provenance of food products. Two main concerns…

Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, have caused quite a debate since they were introduced in the early 70’s. In general, GMOs referred to any organism whose genetic makeup was a result of experimental crossbreeding (gmo). Scientists were then able to narrow the definition down once recombinant DNA techniques were discovered and introduced. We now refer to GMOs as simply any organism that is genetically modified by recombinant DNA technology (great gmo debate). We originally started to…

GMA’s I will be discussing the concepts presented in chapter 23 of the Oxford handbook of animal ethics. Titled “Genetically Modified animals: Should there be limits to Engineering the animal kingdom” and written by Julian Savulescu, this chapter deals with the ramifications of GMA’s and how to best regulate them. I specifically will be concentrating on the concepts of GMA’s as a whole and their usefulness as well as the ways Savulescu thinks GMA’s should be regulated. I well summarize his…