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    sale of a genetically modified food. Since then plants have been engineered for resistance to pathogens, herbicides and for better nutrient profiles. So if the world has been consuming genetically modified organisms for eleven years, how bad can they really be? Genetically modified foods have the potential to change the global food supply for the better in years to come and to change the views on how people see farming. People should embrace the use of genetically modified organisms and food.…

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    The Food You Know No More You cannot buy happiness, but you can buy a bowl of ice cream and that's kind of the same thing. However, what if that same ice cream bowl wasn’t all ice cream? What if it was genetically modified? Would that bowl of ice cream still be that same source of happiness as it always has? The idea of food being genetically modified has been a hot controversy topic for many years now. Many will answer the previous question with a no. To them, an sort of genetically modified…

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    Although genetically modified crops have proven to be successful, many people show opposition towards them. The biggest concerns regarding these genetically modified crops include the affect they have on human health and their effect on the environment (Newton 88). In 2012, the Grocery Manufactures Association estimated more than seventy-five percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organism. Because of the unknown effects of the increasing use of GMOs in food and the customers’…

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    GM foods are foods that derived from organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally, e.g. through the introduction of a gene from a different organism. (“Food, Genetically modified” 1) You may not familiar with it because it is a new technology and not yet wildly promoted. People’s views on GM foods are controversial. Some of them think GM foods are harmful, but some does not. Therefore, I plan to conduct a research on genetically modified (GM)…

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    2016 Labeling Genetically Modified food Genetically modified foods are introduced into everyday life without people noticing it. These transgenic foods are vegetables and whole grains that have been genetically modified, so their crops have increased in production. “Nearly 90% of corn; 94 percent of soy; and 90 percent of cottonseeds grown in the U.S. are from GE seeds” (Starkman 249). Most of the time people do not realize what are they eating or consuming in their food because food does not…

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    realize that everyone has been unconsciously consuming genetically modified foods throughout the entire course of one’s life. GMO is an acronym for genetically modified foods. This is described as a food that has been artificially altered in a laboratory with various components that does not occur naturally. Foods are generally modified in these ways to create bigger, better tasting, and long lasting foods. GMOs are found in many common foods that almost every average person consumes day to day.…

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    In “Genetically Modified Food” Mike LaBossiere claims that creating genetically modified foods for human consumption is morally permissible on utilitarian grounds. He assumes that the efficiencies of producing genetically modified foods outweighs the possible disadvantages, which he argues are minimal. Among the disadvantages he lists are arrogation concerns, the effect on the consumer’s health, and corporate exploitation. Arrogation concerns or “playing god” is the first rebuttal LaBossiere…

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    life. However, fifty years from now, Jennifer finds out she has cancer. How could this happen? Jennifer never acknowledged the difference between genetically modified and non-genetically modified foods; turns out she had been eating cancer causing, genetically modified foods, or GMOs, her whole life. What makes food genetically modified? To genetically engineer a crop, biotechnologists take a gene, or genes, from one plant, and put that gene…

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    Despite significant misconception, farming practice has been genetically modifying plants and animals over the course of human history. This process is similar to the current genetic modification of organisms through the medium of modern science. However, despite the only difference being the efficacy of its solutions, it is generally painted as a monster and a major proponent against good health by those such as Mary Odum, author of "Arguments against GMOs." As a result of lacking public…

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    studied GMOs and have not found any specific long-term effects.” (GMOs: Facts About Genetically Modified Food) I also read in that article that GMOs have very much impacted our food industry but any long-term damage is uncertain at this point. “A lot of scientist believe that the fear of GMOs comes from more of a emotional than factual basis.” (GMOs: Facts About Genetically Modified Food) I think GMOs are a plus to our food industry. I think with the more progress we have in GMOs the better of…

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