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    This paper will identify the purpose of the genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and will explain how GMOs are made. Since the 1980s, more research and technology has pushed for further use of GMOs in crops. During this time, the United States has mostly used GMOs in crops such as soy, corn, cotton, and canola. I will cover the different uses of GMOs from the introduction of these alternations until the present uses of today’s advancement in gene duplicating technologies. In this paper, key questions such as, which foods in the supermarket use GMOs and are those foods safe for consumption will be clearly explained. It will also cover the different types of regulations that exist for the foods that contain GMOs. Using the article, “FDA’s Role…

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    LAS 432 Course Capstone Project Genetically Modified Organisms LAS 432 -93 Professor: Carolyn Paul June 23, 2013 Team B Team Leader: Michele Jacobs - D#03424398 Team Members: Aakash Desai – D#01297308 Thomas Graf - D#01260952 Justin Greene - D#03529375 Lauren Kaminski - D#00724282 Stephanie Lopez - D#03452598 Terrance O’Connor - D#01683321 Abstract This report discusses Genetically Modified Organisms from the perspective of a pro and con standpoint. It will be…

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    the world as the demand for food increases. Genetic modification is the use of biotechnology techniques to change the genes of an organism (AGRIC, 2015)
In Australia unless the Australian Gene Technology Regulator has concluded the Genetically Modified Organism, abbreviated as GMO is safe to human health as well as the environment it is not allowed to be handled. Other countries have similar regulators for GMO. 
Genetically engineering agricultural crops should be implemented as quickly as…

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    each of these has a center, which is called a nucleus. Inside every nucleus there are strands of DNA, half of which are inherited from the mother and the other half from the father. Short sequences/segments of this are called genes. Genes provide instructions for making proteins, and proteins determine the structure and function of each cell in the body. Because of this it results in the characteristics that an organism has and presents. According to the “Institute for Responsible Technology”…

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    Would a person knowingly feed their family foods that are not safe for them, no! Foods should be left natural with no genetically modified organism (GMO). These are not natural and therefore is not healthy for the human body. The environment is being affected by processed foods that people are not aware of being processed, due to them not being labeled. It is destroying the society and human beings. There are not enough studies showing they are safe, they are not beneficial for the human body,…

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    Are GMOs Harmful The issue regarding Genetically Modified Organisms is a very controversial topic, because our government is telling us that GMOs are good for us. However, are they really good for us, or is the government simply telling us this, because it is cheaper and easier to grow genetically modified crops? I believe that genetically modified organisms, or foods are not good for our health, genetically modified organisms are modified to grow faster using pesticides and many other…

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    quite a bit of controversy surrounding the safety of transgenic organisms. Some people believe that bioengineered organisms and products are highly beneficial to our society and population in various ways, while others believe that the whole process in general is immoral and ultimately unsafe. We encounter transgenic organisms in our daily lives primarily through our food supply, and many issues with transgenic organisms are beginning to arise within the agricultural community because of this.…

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    Genetically modified organisms are organisms that have been altered by outside forces and techniques. Genetically modified organisms, otherwise known as GMOs are a huge topic that has been a debate for years. GMOs are used in foods, medicine, and other goods. GMOs have been also used as research against viruses and other diseases. This is a new science that has created combinations of plants, animals, and bacteria that have not occurred through nature, but though insertion. Most food products in…

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    which are also affecting the world around it and at least 80 percent of the worlds deforestation is due to the expanding agricultural growth of grains (Caballero 258). The expansion of using more Genetically Modified Crops (GMOs) is a big issue when it comes to health concerns and the harm it does to the earth when growing said crops. Some of the health concerns that Genetically Modified Organisms have been known to contribute to are antibiotic resistance, decrease in the nutritional value of…

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    Genetically Modified Organisms, more commonly known as GMOs, are organisms whose DNA has been scientifically modified by moving genes between different organisms that don’t naturally breed (Hirsch, 2014, para. 1). In other terms, GMOs have a gene in their DNA that researchers have added into it in order to improve the overall quality of that crop. Even though researchers have added strands of DNA to an organism, those organisms still look like the original organism (Ostrander, 2014). According…

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