Critical Thinking For assignment number two, we were to read the article titled, "Should consumers be concerned about bio-engineered crops?" ... A third argument is that genetically engineered genes could exert "pleiotropic," or unintended, effects. The fourth argument in this article supporting the claim is, genetic engineering represents the latest phase in the relentless industrialization of agriculture that has degraded our farmlands and environment and laced our foods with toxic chemicals. ... Another argument is Aventis CropScience campaign to convince Americans that genetically ...

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Many of the foods we already eat have been genetically engineered through breeding and hybridization in order to change the genetic structure to make crops stronger and healthier. ... Many food crops are genetically engineered to reduce the need to use pesticides and are tolerant to herbicides, such as Roundup®. ... Also, in developing countries where starvation is high, reducing the need for pesticides allows farmers to produce healthier crops without so many harmful chemicals. ... Crops can be engineered to resist certain herbicides as well. ... Besides the fact that GM crops use herb...

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The growth of our food is made for mass production, as cheaply as possible, using chemicals and genetically engineered crops, with only one main goal, money. ... We must remove chemicals from the process of growing, harvesting, and preserving food. ... Citizens have the right to know the pesticides and residues left on our crops, if the food has been genetically engineered, if irradiation was used, and the origin whether the food is from local produce, a different state, or another country (Kimbrell 59). ... The foundation of industrial agriculture is spraying chemicals in large amounts onto c...

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Scientists and researchers have engineered and genetically modified seeds to create a new strand of rice, named golden rice. ... Five years later, they had conducted the first field tests of genetically engineered crops. ...

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In the United States, there are over 300 million Americans that consider themselves to be meat eaters (Berlin). There are many types of animals that are killed and slaughtered so that the American people can receive their meat and eat and feed their families however, there is an animal that is treat...

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