Genetically modified food

GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) most of us will readily agree that it is a highly debatable, and controversial topic. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is the question of whether GMOs are safe or not based on numerous scientific studies. Whereas some are convinced that GMOs are health threatening for us humans and pose an environmental danger, others maintain the idea that the usage of GMOs is harmless and can beneficial. In my own opinion regarding to Genetically Modified…

Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Monsanto Accounting for over a majority of genetically modified food products according to the video produced in 2013 called “Seeds of Death: Unveiling the Lies of GMO's”, Monsanto; a major business war horse, has been under scrutiny lately due to publicized unethical business practices deemed unbecoming by stakeholders and research institutes alike. Monsanto focused on distributing insecticide resistant crops to farmers in an effort to reduce the…

In China there is a common fear of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), according to the New York Times article, “In Push for G.M.O.s, China Battles Fears of 8-Legged Chickens” by Amie Tsang and Cao Li, “For many in China, the term “genetically modified food” evokes nightmares: poisoned seeds, contaminated fields, apocryphal images of eight-legged chickens”. I found it interesting that last year in China KFC, a fried-chicken fast food chain, sued three internet companies that claimed they were…

How Safe Are GMO (Genetically modified organisms) Large numbers of GMO activists see GMO foods as a danger to the environment and the human immune system. They call these foods frankenfoods because they aren’t naturally made and don’t provide any offspring. These types of foods are made in laboratories. Scientists developed GMFs so that they could stay fresh longer and to be resistant to insects and animals and etc. "Genetically modified foods have been linked to toxic and allergic…

more widely accepted in Africa is the introduction of GM crops and food products. There has been colossal amounts of food and money attempted to be donated in order to address the hunger problems in Africa. Large amounts of this food has been genetically modified in some way, which could have extinguished significant amounts of the fear in Africa, but most of this food has been rejected. The United States donated genetically modified corn, but despite all of the starving people, this corn sat…

Three-Source Synthesis Paper 4/15/2015 World of GMOs While out shopping for food have you ever wondered what is in the food or what makes some foods cheaper? Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, have created many opportunities to lower food prices, but how is this done? Many companies like Monsanto, Clange, Aventis, Dupont, and Syenta have overcome this strange feat to produce food with genes that are modified or engineered to improve production and/ or profit of the company. This is…

Pro GMOs Introduction In 1996, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) were presented to people. Since then there have been vivid disputes about usefulness and safety of GMOs. Important question here is whether these genetically modified organisms are dangerous to people’s health and environment. Another issue is whether the humankind needs GMO to survive food crisis or whether it can do so without intervening the nature. Thus, there are both proponents and opponent to the relevance of using GMO.…

Gossypium hirsutum. Since approximately 2007, cotton has been genetically modified worldwide (GMO Compass). Currently genetically modified cotton is legally being grown in fourteen countries, the most common being India, China, and the United States (GeneWatch). Scientists have explored the effects of this modified cotton and have found both advantages and disadvantages to it being grown. Many have also looked into the way that genetically modified cotton positively and negatively affects…

By conducting this survey our goal is to educate the general public about GM products. When emailing Monsanto about GM crops one of the questions asked was “How long have GM products been used?” Monsanto 's response, “Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) aren’t just about food. They’ve been around for quite some time - long before anyone began developing crop seed. The art of gene splicing dates from 1972. In that year, Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer developed techniques that made it…

Genetically Modified Organisms, most commonly known as GMOs, have been an extremely controversial subject since their rise in popularity among commercial farmers. These GMOs have created various social, economic, and cultural issues within the US and Europe. As defined by the Non GMO Project, a GMO “is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic technology. This creates combinations of plant,…