Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are organisms whose genetic material has been altered using techniques in genetics known as recombinant DNA technology. ... With new technology and scientific advancements, GMO foods can also be filled with more vitamins and minerals, playing a significant role in battling malnutrition in the third world countries. ... By looking at information on the topic and taking into consideration the purely scientific findings, you could easily believe that they are beneficial to all. ... Being a scientific person I tend to sway toward the beneficial side. ...

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(AAAS 2012) What's more, a large amount of science-oriented publications including Nature and Scientific American have taken a hard look at the safety of GM technology and all came to the conclusion that there's no evidence showing GM foods are detrimental to human beings. ... In addition, many a governmental regulatory agency, scientific institution as well as major health union in the whole world have achieved consensus on the security of GM foods. ... So GM technology is really a win-win solution for both the farmers and the customers. Apart from this, GM technology is more envi...

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The benefits vs. risks that genetically modified organisms pose from a scientific standpoint in 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. ... The scientific community is divided on human health effects and we don't know enough about GMO's and their side effects on the environment, The only rational take on the issue's is furthering our understanding GMO's and to be clear and transparent about the facts. ... She says "we...

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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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With the use technology, scientists are able to genetically modify, as known as GM, foods to make them seem more beneficial to a humans' health, preserve them longer, and to create an ability to not rot. ... With the use of an outrageous cartoon, Wilson shows scientists using high technology machines to make vegetables immune to be eaten by insects. ... In the heavily syntactical essay The Method of Scientific Investigation, 1863 written by Thomas Henry Huxley, Huxley elaborates on the scientific method which is still used today. ... The scientific method isn't just used in the labs ...

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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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Phillips demonstrates the advances in technology that humans are capable of using. ... The advantages of using this technology can be seen worldwide. ... According to the Asian Network for Scientific Information, the company, Monsanto, has engineered their soybeans to be resistant to their herbicide, Roundup®. ... According to the Asian Network for Scientific Information, "The fears that people opposing the technology producing GM crops are associated with a wider spectrum of issues includes that the companies are more interested in increasing their profits than in protecting the envi...

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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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This debate over the safety of genetically modified food is intense in the scientific world as well as in the public domain of the consumer. ... Alan McHughen states, "A genetically modified organism's genetic material has been intentionally changed through the use of recombinant DNA technology. ... Séralini's study has fallen under the scrutiny of the corporate funded scientific community, since it stands to contradict all the research that was conducted previously (on the corporate dime). ... With the renewed interest from the independent scientific community, there cou...

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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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"Using the tools of bio-technology, researchers are working to reduce the bitterness in citrus fruits, reduce saturated fats in cooking oils, produce more flavorful tomatoes, and even lessen the gassiness caused by beans" (Bren 4). ... No doubt, any dangerous food production through genetic engineering should be banned until scientifically shown that it is safe for everyone. ...

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In 2009 26 scientists kept their names anonymous for fear of jeopardizing their careers or litigation, submitted the following public statement to the EPA protesting against GMO products: "Technology and stewardship agreements required for the purchase of genetically modified seed explicitly prohibit research. ... As a result of restricted access, no truly independent research can be legally conducted on many critical questions regarding its technology, its performance, its management implications, insect resistance management and its interactions with insect biology. Consequently data flowin...

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