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GE Seeds

            
            
            
            
             Genetic Engineering of plants and their seeds is an idea that has recently been thought up and gone into testing. The idea that a plant seeds will be engineered to produce better quality fruits and vegetables could be an amazing discovery or a total disaster and problem to our planet and the way we live.
             The thought of genetically engineered (GE) seeds have intrigued many peoples interest. The technology is now available to "edit" organism's genes, meaning a plant seed could be changed to become better. Doing this has many advantages such as a "built in" pesticide. The plant will release this pesticide or herbicide that will act exactly like a regular pesticide without the costs and danger to the environment. These plants can also have things such as stress tolerance improved. Plants will be able to survive harsher heat or cold. This can result in less food becoming rotten, thus resulting in there being more food and the price of it dropping. With this new technology plants can be modified to produce more: Fruit on trees will be more plentiful. As technology increases so do the possibilities.
             As easily as something is most excellent it can be disastrous as well. GE seeds could be potentially dangerous to our health. With the "built in" pesticides and herbicides that are in plants they could produce an allergic reaction in some people. Seeing how these plants are testing in short terms there could also be unknown long term effects. Possible cross pollination could occur (where a GE plants gene pollinates with a normal plants), this could result in the loss of the original plants seed and in the long run a possible extinction of the original plants seed itself. The price to create these seed must be quite high. With this high price to make the seeds it is obvious that the price to purchase them will go up as well. GE products could easily create problems with trade barriers. The fact that some countries governments do not want to have these GE seeds in their communities and possibly effecting their plant growth and its people's health.


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1. Consumers and Genetically Modified Organisms

One such development can be found in the agricultural sector, genetic engineering (GE). ... As GE is a comparatively nascent industry, there has not been enough research into the unintended effects. ... A major example of GE gone wrong is that of L-tryptophan. ... Many farmers become interested in purchasing GMO seeds to increase their yield and thus profit. However, whatever extra money is earned on the crop is paid to the seed companies, like Monsanto, as royalty fees. ...

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2. The Uncertainties of Genetically Modified Seeds

Ambassadors and military officers to gather seeds and seed data from their posts around the world. ... Patent Office established an agricultural division that began collecting seeds and launching free seed distribution programs. ... This is very detrimental on the seed market and greatly affects nearly all who purchase seed for harvest. ... When a farmer currently purchases GM seeds, they sign a licensing agreement with the manufacturer of the seed. ... Traditionally, farmers would save seeds from a harvest for replanting, which saves them the cost of buying new seeds and reduces their depende...

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4. GMOs - Too Much of a Good Thing

Seeds are getting mixed hurting the environment and polluting it. ... "GE corn, canola and to a lesser extent, soybeans and cotton are contaminating the non-genetically engineered counterparts" (Center for Food Safety 3). Seeds are getting mixed with organic crops. ... Also the engineered and organic crop seeds are getting mixed which is contaminating the organic plants and crops. ... Then how come genetically engineered seeds and organic seeds are getting mixed, for example, organic plants and crops are being contaminated because they do not have their real seeds. ...

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5. Semiconductors

So the three semiconducting elements (Si, Ge, and Sn) from column IVA of the periodic table serve as a kind of transition between metallic and nonmetallic elements. Silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge) are widely used in semiconductors. ... The surface tension between the seed and the molten silicon causes a small amount of the liquid to rise with the seed and cool into a single crystalline ingot with the same orientation as the seed. ...

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6. Untested, Unsafe and Unhealthy GMO Foods

In addition, GE crops are easier to grow. ... Secondarily, GMO's are said to be more productive, and create greater yields; however Stated by Kimbrell, "there are currently two principal types of biotech seeds in production: Herbicide Resistant, and 'Pest' resistant seeds. ... "TT" is when the companies genetically engineer plants to "Produce a sterile seed after a single growing season" (Kimbrell 2003) ensuring that farmers cannot save their seed, having to buy their seed every year. With "More than half of the world's farmers relying on saved seeds for their harvest" this...

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7. Effects of Bacillus Thuringiensis on Plants and Insects

As pollen and seeds move in the environment, they can transmit genetic traits to nearby crops or wild relatives. ... The problems that stem from gene flow, like creating weeds from introduced traits, reducing biodiversity, or harming non-target species can also happen with non-GE crops so it's not a new concern, but with a very large percentage of the corn crops around the world now being Bt hybrids, the risk to biodiversity is greater. ...

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8. Ai Weiwei - Chinese Contemporary Artist

She was the third wife of his father and worked at China's Writer's Association.(4) Weiwei also has a sister, Gao Ge and half-brother Ai Xuan, who is also a painter.(1) His wife, also an artist is Lu Qing with whom he has a son, Lao Ai. ... He had two police officers monitor his every move, even standing next to him in the shower according to his sister, Gao Ge. ...

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9. Feeding the World - Political and Financial

The present food situation in the world is demonstrating the growing demand for food globally. This food crisis is a consequence of causing an increasing gap between the rich and poor, developing and the developed countries. When the Cold War was over, Europe had less need for a large storage of foo...

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