Golden ratio

GMO is an organism in which the genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. Scientist have been taking a piece of genetic material from one organism (plants or animals) and putting it in a chromosome of a animal. Genetically modifying animals have been around since the 1970’s. “Genetic engineering is able to create whole organisms that are not natural to the planet, and whose specific genetic make-up is as much a result of human manipulation as it is natural…

Do you like food? Pizza? Chips? Cookies? Now what if I told you that there is a 60% percent chance that what you are eating contains ingredients from genetically engineered organisms. Would you stop eating it? I bet you wouldn’t because food is food after all. So why do some many people fear GMOs? What are GMOs? GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) are an organism that has had its genetic material modified. I believe that GMOs are beneficial to our world and shine a light in the future. It’s…

The reason people want to get patents is to protect the inventor by allowing them the exclusive ability to make, sell and use their invention (Morgan) Under the Patent Act of 1970 a patent must satisfy two basic requirements: the creation must be novel or original and it can not have been previously patented US or any country, it also cannot appear in prior art, all public information that might germane to the applicants novelty (Morgan). Based on these requirements I do think that business can…

Discussion The purpose of this experiment was to examine the relationship between salt stress and peroxidase activities in corn (Zea mays). To do this, we watered germinating corn seeds with various salt solutions. For our first part of out experiment, we wanted to see what effect NaCl would have on peroxidase activities in corn. We watered week old corn with either 25mM or 75mM NaCl solutions. We found the band intensities for 75mM treatment all either went up or stayed the same as the 25mM…

problem and the issue of malnutrition. For example, many children in Southeast Asia suffer from Vitamin A deficiency. The lack of vitamin A from one's diet may lead to blindness or death. In order to combat this growing problem, scientists introduced “Golden Rice”- a new strand of Genetically modified rice that provides vital doses of Vitamin A. Such implication “could…

She cites the problem behind that to be mainly the fault of the EU and other non-governmental organizations like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. John Robbins in his article explains the arguments’ falsifiability being that Golden Rice did in fact not produce enough beta-carotene. He although, fails to indicate that neither do Non-GMO alternatives as does Saletan. Alternately, Baggott explains that it has been altered so it now produces it…

During the use of DDT, after World War II, crop yields increased greatly in the United States and overseas. This is because the pesticide killed many of the insects that consumed the essential crops. Author Lillian Forman states, “After the war, DDT helped ensure that starving Europeans, not bugs, ate the crops that farmers were once more able to plant. When the chemical was made available to the American public, it was welcomed as a means of boosting agricultural production, suppressing pests,…

GMOs Destructive Footprint in the U.S Over the years the American diet has adopted genetically modified ingredients for good and for bad. Although genetically modified ingredients give producers a faster turn out rate for the product, the cost to American consumers could cause far more complications in the future. Not only do genetically modified ingredients provoke allergic reactions, gene transfer, and outcrossing, but it also causes various other damages to the environment. Genetically…

The Synthetic Food Nightmare Nearly all of the coffee in the world is gone. Nobody can have their morning cup. Starbucks is closed, so is Bigby, McDonald's, and Dairy Queen. In fact, all the restaurants in the U.S. no longer exist and grocery stores are closing as well. The remaining option for food is a slimy synthetic beverage called “Soylent”. Humans survive on Soylent as a convenient meal replacement instead of real food. Imagine if this nightmare was the future of the food industry. As…

When one thinks about the average fruit or vegetable it may not come to mind where it came from or how it got to the produce aisle in the grocery store or local market. The basic fruit or vegetable undergoes a very long process prior to consumption. It begins as a seed and that seed forms into a plant which is pollinated by bees. Recent reports have labeled bees on the endangered species list for the first time ever. On the outside this may not seem like such a major problem, but looking into…