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GMOS
Taylor Reynolds (Concerns :warning: ((New diseases New viruses,…
GMOS
Taylor Reynolds
Concerns :warning:
New diseases New viruses, diseases. and insects are all tings that food is genetically modified to fight, but the diseases, insect, and viruses could develop to over come the GMOs.
Quote: “Viruses and bacteria are used in the process of modifying foods, which means that there is a possibility that they could cause the development of a new disease”
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Antibiotic Resistance Crops that are genetically modified to fight of pesticides may increase the chance of people who eat them being resistant to antibiotics.
Quotes: “Because genetically modified foods are often developed to fight off certain pesticides and herbicides, there may be an increased risk that people who eat those foods may be more resistant to antibiotics”
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Benefits :check:
Resistant to disease and insects Genes added to food can make crops resistant to disease and to insects that eat and carry those diseases.
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Quality Longer shelf life, better nutrience, more vitamins.
Statistic: 500,000 kids go blind each year from vitamin a deficiency, and malnutrition
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CLAIM: One positive effect of GMOs is that vitamins can be added so that impoverished families that can't afford much food can get the vitamins they need and not suffer the results of vitamin deficiencies or malnutrition.
Evidence:500,000 kids go blind each year from vitamin a deficiency, and malnutrition and even more people die! "The United Nations reports that over 7.6 million people die annually throughout the world because of hunger or a hunger-related cause,"
Counterclaim (Evelyn M): What if the new foods with GMOs have other problems with the food and the children get even more sick or damaged.
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Claim: The largest concern about GMOs is that they can cause allergies. This is a major concern because allergies can range from irritation to a major allergic reaction, possibly resulting in death .
Evendence: Take for example, someone is deathly allergic to peanuts, that person can avoid eating peanuts on a daily basis but if the protein in the peanut that they are allergic to is genetically put in another food, that person could eat that food and have a severe reaction.
Counterclaim (Evelyn M): Yes it is true that companies should label their products, but if they did label their products, I found this evidence to back the claim up. "However, there is no evidence that GMOs are any more or less allergenic than their non-modified counterparts" (Science in the News).
counter argument(Taylor Reynolds): No, of someone is allergic to an food the GMO counterpart of that food may not cause any more allergic reaction, but a gene that causes someone may be allergic to a different food could be put in another food and cause an allergic reaction to a food that the person may not be allergic to if it wasn't a GMO.
