Rhianna Goolsby Essays (502 words) - Biology, Food And Drink

Rhianna Goolsby Cassandra August Sustainable Food and Nutrition 11/18/16 GMOs GMOs are genetically modified organisms meaning food's material that has been altered by genetic engineering. GMOs were only introduced in 1996, and side effects of them have appeared quickly. Some of these side effects have been increased allergic reactions, antibiotic resistant bacteria and other unsafe hazards of food . Though some of the side effects seem small, the bigger picture here is that they become way bigger. More cases have developed about sickness from GMOs. People have even died due to consumption of GMOs . Genetically modified foods are associated with poisonous fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides, and been grown in agricultural plants instead of crop fields. Children have even been born with birth defects due to toxic chemicals. The chemicals in GMOs alone can cause infertility, stillbirths, miscarri ages and cancers . Research ers found that chemicals in GMOs caused health issues in chickens and frogs as well as issues in soy production. To be less subtle, researchers found that animals that have consumed chemicals within GMOs have had problems with their eyes and their cortex (center of the head), which eventually led to death of the animal. GMOs have been considered safe to human consumption without enough research done on how it can affect our bodies and the production of our offspring. Even though the genes being transferred occur naturally in other species, there are indefinite significances to fluctuating the natural state of an organism through distant gene appearance . Because of this, some significant problems can arise such as the change of the organism's metabolism , growth rate, and the response to external environmental factors. These things not only build from the GMO itself, but as well as the environment of the organism. Some of the health risks of humans include the likelihood of exposure to new allergens in genetically modified foods, as well as the tra nsfer of antibiotic-resistant genes to gut flora. Not only do herbicides and pesticides put humans at risk, but it would also cause ecological imbalances. This would cause previously plants to grow uncontrollably which would cause the spread of disease of plants and animals. The cross contamination of GMOs also causes long term global pollution. It is believed that pollution caused by GMOs will outlive global warming. This threatens the health of our future generations. This pollution also causes economic losses for farmers who cannot market their food because they cannot keep their crops pure. GMOs also harm the environment badly. They affect and harm other animals associated with food crops. They reduce biodiversity, pollute water, and are very unsustainable. GMOs do not help with food yields. In fact, there was a decline in food yields. Because of this, world hunger is not helped. The more people avoid genetically modified foods, the easier it will be to help get them out of our food supply. If people do not start realizing what they are doing for our own health, our environment, and our marketing economy, GMOs will never disappear.