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GMOs- Jasmine Paramo (Concerns :red_cross: (Bad impact on environment…
GMOs- Jasmine Paramo
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Benefits :check:
Able to grow faster!
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Statistic: Since the world population is expected to grow to 9 billion in the year 2050, we will need to be able to produce more food faster. Using GMOs would increase productivity by 50%.
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Helps with world hunger!
Statement: In the Hank Green video, he said that GMOs can "help with our growing world population."
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Statistics: According to the Bill Gates video, GMOs improve Africa's productivity by 1.5 times what it was during drought season.
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Better for your health!
Quote: "Genetically modified soybeans with an enhanced oil profile, much like olive oil, have been developed and are longer lasting and trans-fat free" (GMO Basics).
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Statement: According to the Hank Green video, there was a string of rice (called Golden Rice) invented to have more Vitamin A, because in a country, 500,000 kids were going blind due to lack of Vitamin A.
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Food: For example, GMO carrots are designed to have more vitamin A, which makes it more nutritional.
Claim: One major concern that GMOs have is that GMOs can lose nutritional value. This is because when you are making a GMO food, you put many chemicals into the food. This obviously isn't good for your health, since it is never good to injest that many chemicals into your body.
COUNTERCLAIM: (Angelina Hernandez) If these chemicals are so bad for people then why do they keep using the same amount of chemicals?
Counterargument: This is because GMOs can make any type of "growing" easier for the people selling the food.
Evidence: "Many genetically modified foods have been created so that they’ll be able to grow faster, allowing for the potential of two harvests instead of one” (Genetically Modified Food Pros and Cons List).
COUNTERCLAIM: (Angelina Hernandez) I agree with this claim, but what if GMOs began losing abilities to help crops grow faster would the money still stay the same?
Counterargument: I think they can just pop some more GMOs into the plant to make it grow faster again. As you can tell, coming up with GMOs can be done in a matter of weeks.
Claim: One benefit of GMOs is that GMOs are able to grow faster. This is a benefit because if crops are able to grow faster, then it can feed this quickly growing population for less money.
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