GMO's Mason Hawkins
BENEFITS ✅
CONCERNS 🚫
Easier to grow
Produces More Food
Better For your health
Chemicals Could spread in the environment
People could be unsure if they are eating GMO foods because GMO labeling not working out.
Could have ingredients that cause allergies.
Claim: One concern or harmful effect of GMO crops like corn would have pesticides that can kill insects or bugs that happen to chow on the GMO crops. For example if a butterfly tries to get their daily helping of corn, then the butterfly gets killed off. If this proceeds to happen then the amount of butterfly's would significantly decrease.
Claim : GMO foods could have enhanced ingredients that could cause food allergies to people that are very harmful to humans.
Most GMO foods have been confirmed to have more essential vitamins and other nutritious ingredients that are better for humans health. For example a new type of GM rice called Golden Rice has been created to have more vitamin A and Iron than most other rice on the market.
Using GMO's to engineer crops to help them grow at a faster rate can benefit lots of places by giving people in need of food their nourishment.
Using GMO in different crops help those same crops produce more foods for other people in starving country's in need of food.
Less Insects and pests destroying the food
A certain gene from a bacteria called bacillus- thuringiensis lets the plants have the ability to produce a pesticide that much like chocolate to dogs can destroy the digestive system of certain insects.
People could be allergic to different foods and GMO foods could have the genes of foods that people could be allergic to.
Could be what we need to remedy world hunger.
Most GMO crops have certain defining traits that make them different than there Non GMO equivalents. Most importantly they could have certain defining traits that could end hunger worldwide. Like for example they are drought resistant GMO crops and they can also grow at a faster rate.
If GMOs are farmed then the chemicals that are often inside the plants could spread to other plant that are not meant to have those genes.
Evidence: According to Bill Nye's video he says that the rare butterflies who fly at night would die then the bats would starve and have nothing to eat. Due to that the bats would not have any success at making babies. Then next summer there would not be enough bats to eat the mosquitoes that feast on human blood. Then all the humans would die of malaria. In theory of course.
Evidence : Some genetically modified foods may contain higher levels of allergens and toxins, which can have negative effects on the personal health of those who eat them. This may be especially dangerous for people with serious food allergies. (Pros and Cons of GMO foods) Link Title
Counterclaim ( Preston Alford ) : But if there is only a few butterflies to began with why is it such a big deal. The bats must have one other food source.
Counterclaim( Preston Alford ):
"Foods are often genetically modified in order to increase their nutritional content. This is especially helpful for certain populations where a specific nutrient is lacking in the local diet" ([Pros and cons of GMO's].(https://www.symptomfind.com/nutrition-supplements/pros-and-cons-of-genetically-modified-foods/))
"The chemicals that are introduced into some genetically modified food may wash into the water supply during storms or extended periods of rainfall" (Vision Launch)Link Title
People could be eating GMO foods that they could be allergic to without even knowing that they are eating them.