Genetically modified crops are a hot topic in the scientific world today, both for their potential benefits and their potential drawbacks. ... Genetic modification is a new technology and has potential to improve the quality of crop products. ... Many people feel that genetic engineering is the inevitable wave of the future and that we cannot afford to ignore a technology that has such enormous potential benefits. However, we must proceed with caution to avoid causing unintended harm to human health and the environment as a result of our enthusiasm for this powerful technology. ...

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However the genetically modified foods in the marketplace has resulted in a public debate, scientific discussion, and media coverage,which is come with the human health and a variety of ecologogical problems.There are , therefore ,.many arguments both for and against the issue. ... The scientists were also concerned about how farmers would apply this technology under real conditions. ... The attainment of these benefits is being driven by a rapidly expanding base of scientific innovation, generation of wealth by creation of new products, reduction in production costs and an increase in yield o...

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With all the modern scientific advances we are making today, especially in Canada, there are positive effects as well as negative effects. ... The developers of Genetically Modified Foods, Monsanto, Dupont and others, report that they are completely safe and enumerate a list of their scientific advancements in the field of biotechnology in an endeavor to gain public confidence. ... With the ongoing development of technology it is more apparent now then ever the knowledge that scientists hold about genetic modification. ... With the many issues surrounding this technology, such as labeling, ...

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Countless organizations like Greenpeace and PSRAST (Physicians and Scientists for the Responsible Application of Science and Technology) have concentrated their efforts on increasing public awareness and hopefully thwarting such scientific progress. ... While defenders of this technology argue that all of these risks mentioned are low, critics to genetic modification argue that we do not know enough about this technology to rule out any of those possibilities and they also mention the fact there has been some evidence of damage to the environment. ... The reason being is that there is really...

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Genetic engineering is a new and in many ways inadequately understood form of technology that makes many consumers doubtful of the actual positives that this form of technology presents and fear the possible repercussions. One of the main uses of this technology is to make food more visually appealing, but some people fear that these new genetically modified foods are a counterfeit freshness and the actual nutritional content of the food may decrease over the period of time, although the food still appears to be fresh. ... It has been scientifically proven that genetically modified corn is h...

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Such rapid advancement could provide many benefits; Cathy Becker of ThriveOnline writes that such technology could make foods more nutritious, cause an increase in crop yields, provide more powerful control over pests and weeds, reduce the use of some pesticides and herbicides, and enhance the nutritional value of crops. ... Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer discover recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s, making it possible to isolate individual genes, alter them, and copy them in cells, opening up vast commercial possibilities (Genetic). ... In her article in the Cambridge Scientific Abstra...

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Farmers are obligated to sign a Monsanto technology agreement with the company that prohibits farms from sharing (accidentally or not) seeds with their neighbors (Monsanto Company, 2012). ... It could be said that without these scientific advances we would be much worse off as a population. The scientific research is so limited to corporations whose motivation is to make large profits for shareholders. ...

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As scientific technology is expanding by leaps and bounds, so too has agriculture and the methods used to produce the ever increasing demand for use of farm commodities. ... The herbicide-tolerant, insect-resistant seed creates the need for decreased chemical application, but GM seed usually costs a considerable amount more than traditional seed along with the technology fees that are acquired. ... The results of evaluating each variable create elasticity--the change in a particular impact (pesticide use, yields, or net returns) Conclusions can be drawn across the agricultural sector as more p...

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Genetically Modified Organisms Barnett, A. (2000, August 13). Soya alert over cancer and brain damage link; Special report: what's wrong with our food? The Observer. Retrieved August 16, 2003, from http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,353660,00.html In my research I ca...

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