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GMO-Peter S. (Concerns:warning: (Unknown Chemicals (The companies that…
GMO-Peter S.
Concerns:warning:
Unknown Chemicals
The companies that make these products, don't label the product. Causing the consumer to have little information about the item, making them suspicious on whats actually there.
A citation to prove this is," Consequences of eating genetically modified foods are unclear. Currently, companies do not have to tell consumers if they use genetically modified ingredients” (Should the U.S. Support. . .).
No Need?
Golden rice if it was allowed in the U.S, would cost money, but is golden rice worth buying. A study shows that the vitamin A in golden rice is a little amount, so even if they ate it they will have a great chance of getting blind unless they eat great amounts.
Citation:“ Golden rice produces too little beta-carotene to eradicate VAD. . . The amount of golden rice needed for sufficient vitamin A intake would be too great in comparison to the rice available in developing countries” (Golden Rice Argument).
Allergy risks
Since most GMOs have DNA from other fruits or vegetables, people could have allergic reactions.
Citation:“BT toxin, designed to kill pests that eat crops, caused allergies and other responses” (Genetically Modified Foods).
Positives :<3:
Less expensive
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An example of GMOs costing less is that in the Ted Ed video, it said, you pay 65% more to buy organic food, while GMOs are much less.
Resistance
GMOs can be made to be resistance to drought, bugs, and senility.
According to the wiki, corn was dying from an insect called European corn borer because it went under the stem and ate it, but with GMO corn, it became resistant to the insect.
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Claim: These GMO will help feed so much more people, than organic food. It will then feed the malnourished that way.
Evidence: There are millions of homeless out there, and they won't have any nutritious food, they might be able to buy one or two things, but it will need to be really cheap. GMOs are cheap, and they are plentiful. GMOs could feed those mouths, and ultimately decrease the number of malnourished people.
COUNTERCLAIM(Gabriella G.): Yes, it could help the malnourished but, even though it's cheaper there are some people who don't even have a penny. So who would provide the money to pay for the millions of people who don't have money.
Counter Argument: According to a Ted-Ed talk, from Rob Saik, GMOs from some companies will be free for the people that can't afford anything at all.
Claim: People don't know whats in the GMO, due to not having the product labeled.
Evidence: Say that an apple has been injected with a banana gene. If a person with a rare banana allergy eats it, he or she will get hurt.
COUNTERCLAIM(Gabriella G.): Yes, that could happen but some companies businesses might go down if they say they use GMOs because are people who don't like them. Like let's say the Frito-Lay company did that, they could loose many customers.
Counter Argument: I agree, but is that better than people dying. It's better for people to live, and a company to lose some customers, than people dying, and a company still having customers.