Most of the food that people in the U.S. eat are altered by genetic engineering. ... Many people are actually unaware of what they are eating and how this can affect their bodies. ... People follow a trend and what's trending right now is GMO free. ... With all of the research being conducted it really comes down to what the people want. ... Americans are equally divided about eating genetically modified vegetables, fruits and grains, with half choosing not to eat them. ...

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Antibiotic resistant bacteria kill more people every year than road accidents. ... Some scientists believe that eating gm foods containing these marker genes could encourage gut bacteria to develop antibiotic resistance. ... If I eat anything with even a small trace of walnuts I will become very ill. ... In the United States a quarter of all people report they have an adverse reaction to one or more foods, most commonly dairy products, eggs, wheat and nuts.... If the new protein is one that causes allergic reactions the food could be dangerous for some people to eat. ...

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Farmers no longer need to worry as much about the pests that eat their crops and that more food will then be more readily available. ... The rice can be considered a particular advantage to poor people in underdeveloped countries. This is due to the fact that they eat only an extremely limited diet lacking in the essential vitamins in their body. The consequences of this restricted diet causes many people to die or become blind. ... But provided with the genetic modified crops, people in the poorer countries no longer need to suffer the consequences of the restricted diet which cause the disea...

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Many people also believe that the introduction of genetically modified foods may produce new toxins, with potentially devastating results for humans, as in 1989 when a dietary supplement killed thirty-seven people and left a further one thousand-five hundred people permanently disabled as well as five-thousand people who became ill after developing a blood disorder as a direct result from this supplement. ... Labelling of GM foods will protect people who have allergies to certain foods. Because of the lack of labelling such people are at risk of accidentally consuming foods that contain aller...

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Many people feel that you should not "play God"" and we should not modify nature. ... People should be able to chose if they want to buy organic or GMO food. ... Consumers should not be left in the dark about what they eat. I liked the way people boycotted it in Europe. How can people trust the FDA and the government if they are eating food that is GMO and do not even know it? ...

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The Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration would have us (the common citizen) believe that eating G.M. food is safe and has no history of adverse affects. ... So how would the agencies know if any had ill affects were caused if in fact a person does not know if they have been eating G.M. foods? ... As concerned and learned people we should demand that all our foods are labeled and that the decision to ingest G.M. foods be our choice. ...

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Genetic Modification of Foodstuffs Virtually every crop we eat have undergone hundreds of years of genetic modification by farmers and scientist in search of desirable traits. ... Containing genes that produce a unusually high amount of beta-carotene (vitamin A), this rice could be a solution to the thousands of poor children in Asia who eat little but rice and go blind or die from lack of vitamin A Public reaction to the use of recombinant DNA in genetic engineering however has been mixed. ... A proposal to incorporate a gene from Brazil nuts into soybeans in order to increase their nu...

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The world population is over 6 million people and predicted to double over the next 50 years. ... People do not want to eat food that has been treated with pesticides because of potential health hazards, and run off from pesticides can poison water supplies causing harm to the environment. ... Genetically modified plants would be able to withstand long periods of drought so people could grow plants in different places. Good nutrition is a major problem in third world countries where people rely on a single crop such as rice for the main staple of their diet. ... The EPA evaluates GM plants fo...

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For example,when we eat the GM food ,the gene can cross the food to the bacteria which is in our stomachs and it might include something just like antibiotic ,and destroy the gene what have in your body,and cause a disturbed disease. furthermore, scientist do not know how the gene work together toclaim why GM food is no harm to people and animals.and we can not trace what harm the GM food to us,and have a little knowledge about the potential problems which the GM food have.and the safeguards are now just on the assumption ,not in evidence. ... Once it occurred ,both trade are destroyed .On the...

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Genetically engineered foods are all around us, yet many people don't realize it. ... These products, however, are not labeled as modified, so it is easy to see why so many people are surprised by this. ... China is facing the problem of not producing enough crops to feed its people. ... In creating new foods, the possible creation could cause harmful reactions in certain people. ... Independent tests on the GE soybean revealed that people allergic to Brazil huts reacted to the engineered soybean" (Health Risks 1). ...

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The world population has topped 6 billion people and is predicted to double in the next 50 years according to the United Nations Population Funds (Emerson 7). ... Some people think that the use of these chemicals and genetically altered seeds are dangerous and harmful. ... Pests can be a hassle to farmers who cannot afford to spray on tons of pesticides, also spraying pesticides on plants can make then dangerous to eat and harmful to the body. ... (Smith 8) The pollen from the corn plants was carrying to the milkweed that the caterpillars would eat from, thus causing them to die. ... There...

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"Of course we're afraid, you can't defend yourself against these people. ... They're beating down the people that dedicate themselves to providing food for the population. ... Critics say Monsanto needs to realize that we can't eat money. ... There would be so much more hope for us to eradicate cancer and stop it from affecting one in three people. ... The GMO foods we are eating make us sick, and companies like Myriad make money off sick people. ...

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Some are fighting everyday to feed themselves or a family one decent meal a day, when others are granted the opportunity to eat whatever and whenever they desire. ... "No particular food is safe to eat for all human beings, since about 6% of the human population has allergies to one or more food groups. ... There are about 805 million people that do not have enough food to live a healthy active lifestyle. ... With an ever increasing population of 7.2 billion people as of right now in 2014, food production must keep up pace with the rapid growing population. ... People do not wish to eat food s...

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But GM technology is giving hope to developing countries, where many people think biotechnology can offer improved nutrition, health and prosperity. ... In February 2002, the Royal Society, an independent UK body composed of expert scientists, raised concerns that GM foods might cause nutritional deficiencies in vulnerable groups such as infants, pregnant women, and the elderly people with chronic disease. ... When people are infected by a population of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the infection can become impossible to treat. ... There is also a possibility t...

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The first people able to directly manipulate genes were Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen in 1973 with the use of the new-found biotechnology. ... However, there may be a few anomalies like people attempting to cross species or inject potentially lethal genes into sentient organisms. ... However, this argument sums up the reason people still oppose genetically modifying organisms. Other reasons include: - GMO's are unhealthy - GMO increases herbicide use - The government has too much faith in GMO - GMO have dangerous side effects Counter Arguments One of the largest and significant ar...

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"A health warning was sounded last night over the dangers of eating Soya after two senior American government scientists revealed that chemicals in the product could increase the risk of breast cancer in women, brain damage in men and abnormalities in infants."" ... There are millions of people who use genetically modified products everyday but aren't aware of it. ... "'Millions of people around the world have been eating Soya for years and have shown no signs of abnormalities or disorders... Environmental Protection Agency determined from routine tests that StarLink might cause...

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You may not eat soybeans or canola, however animals such as cattle, pigs and chickens do, and therefore eventually you are eating them as well. ... Questions regarding the amount of testing and variety of testing GM products have to endure creates many uncertainties for people. ... Through the continuing advancements in technology, science, peoples diets, new allergens and, other food hazards there is a continuing need for renewal to diminish risks both to the public health and economies. ... Supporters of genetic engineering of foods, including members of private industries, distributors...

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One main advantage to GM food is that it could provide extra nutritional benefits to people who are currently malnourished. Malnutrition is common in third world countries where impoverished peoples rely on a single crop such like rice as the main staple of their diet. ... Anuradha Mittal, the co-director of the Food First Institute, believes that due to the "high cost [biotech] seed, and the cost of other inputs that the farmers will have to use, the cost of cultivation will go up and so will the market price, ultimately subjecting more people to hunger and starvation."" ...

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The food mainly, and the secondary effects that they can cause in people have caused a division of opinions in society. ... They are going to help poor and hungry people. ... There are also some toxic effects that are presented in persons who eat transgenic crops. ... They have a lot of quality so thanks to this they will be able not to feed but to nourish people that are starving and people all around the world since they can be produced any where. ... Laws and people are two themes that compliment the transgenic crops sciencetific problem. ...

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While chemical pollution has been the scourge of the 20th century, biological pollution from GMO crops poses even more hazards as we enter the new millennium. Unlike chemicals that are released into the environment, GMOs are living beings that will reproduce and spread uncontrollably, with no possib...

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