... the main staple of their diet. However, rice does not contain adequate amounts of all necessary nutrients to prevent malnutrition. In her article in the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Deborah Whitman agrees that if rice were genetically engineered to contain additional vitamins and minerals, nutrient deficiencies could be alleviated. For example, blindness due to vitamin A deficiency is a common ... to hunger and starvation."" Another advantage to genetically modifying crops is that they can be altered to become pest resistant, herbicide tolerant, cold tolerant, or even drought tolerant...

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... regard to the environment and human health is still inconclusive. Only time will only yield conclusive results, along with possible advancements in technology that will help relieve most concerns. Both Whitman and Brown highlight that public research and funding are limited, and research tends to focuses only large sale environmental concerns and immediate human health. In my opinion GMO's are indispensable ... as wicked. " (BBC, October 14 2013) The main concern is how we as society view regulation, patent laws and the role big corporations play in the food supply chain. In Whitman's a...

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... of patented GM seeds until a better understanding of all effects, whether positive or negative are determined. Genetically modified seeds could potentially assist in alleviating malnutrition around the globe. As Deborah Whitman, M.S. in Biotechnology from John Hopkins University explains, "malnutrition is a very common occurrence among third world countries where impoverished people rely heavily on a single, staple food crop such as rice ... ...

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... of 46.4 million pounds in 2003 (ISAAA.) Other benefits also include "reduction of Soil salinity that has become a major problem in all agriculture especially in the San Joaquin Valley (Whitman) which has made it nearly impossible for crops to grow, if at all. Genetic modification is still a very crude science, but GMO's would not even exist without capability from computers ... ...

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